Feb 27 Leslie McCrae Dowless, political operative, charged in North Carolina congressional race By Emery P. Dalesio, Jonathan Drew, Associated Press The North Carolina political operative at the center of a ballot fraud scandal was arrested Wednesday on criminal charges over activities in the 2016 elections and the Republican primary in 2018. Continue reading
Feb 26 North Carolina Republican in disputed Congressional race won’t run again By Emery P. Dalesio, Associated Press Mark Harris said Tuesday he's skipping the upcoming re-do election in North Carolina's 9th congressional district for health reasons. Continue reading
Feb 25 AP fact check: Trump’s repeated fabrications on voting fraud By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press Asked about ballot malfeasance involving a Republican in North Carolina, the president insisted he condemns voter fraud "of any kind, whether it's Democrat or Republican" and pointed to a "million fraudulent votes" cast in California. But no such case exists. Continue reading
Feb 21 Watch 4:53 News Wrap: Pope Francis opens historic summit on sex abuse In our news wrap Thursday, Pope Francis opened a landmark Vatican summit on the Catholic Church’s clerical sex abuse crisis. Some 190 bishops and other leaders listened as he shared 21 proposals for specific action. Meanwhile, a federal judge in… Continue watching
Feb 21 North Carolina orders new election for undecided U.S. House race By Associated Press The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted 5-0 on Thursday to hold a new election in the 9th Congressional District… Continue reading
Feb 21 In reversal, North Carolina GOP candidate says new election should be called By Associated Press The Republican in the country's last undecided congressional race is ending his bid to be declared a winner and calling for a new election. Continue reading
Feb 21 In undecided N.C. race, GOP candidate testifies that operative said he wouldn’t collect ballots By Emery P. Dalesio, Associated Press Mark Harris testified Thursday that a political operative now accused of ballot fraud assured him "again and again" that he wouldn't collect absentee ballots in violation of state law. Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch 6:33 News Wrap: Mueller’s Russia investigation may be complete In our news wrap Wednesday, various news organizations report that the special counsel’s office may be ready to present its findings in the Russia investigation. A report would go first to Attorney General William Barr, who would submit a summary… Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch 5:11 Months after Election Day, N.C. officials grapple with possible ballot fraud Election Day occurred more than three months ago, but North Carolina's 9th Congressional District has still not certified a winner, as state officials try to determine whether an operative of Republican candidate Mark Harris' campaign handled ballots illegally. Harris received… Continue watching
Feb 19 N.C. poll workers say some votes were counted before Election Day By Emery P. Dalesio, Associated Press North Carolina's State Board of Elections heard the testimony as part of a hearing that could result in either a new election being called for the 9th District or the Republican candidate being declared the winner. Continue reading