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So this is pretty weird. McCrory won Bladen County 52%-46%. But he lost absentee by-mail in Bladen 61%-38%. The only voting method he lost in the county. McCrory also won statewide absentee by-mail voting in 2016. Hmm. 🤔 Seems like more ?s to be asked. #NC09 #NCPOL
Hold on. Turns out those questions were already asked and the @NCDemParty labeled the claims “over the top and completely false.” Contrast that with what the party is saying about the exact same allegations in 2018. #NCPOL newsobserver.com/news/politics-…
Now @RoyCooperNC’s handpicked @NCSBE Chairman Joshua Malcolm says that there have been “unfortunate activities” happening in his area for a “number of years.” Just how many years are we talking about here? And what races have been affected by these activities? #NCPOL
It’s very odd to see #NC09 bubbling up to be a national story when the exact same claims about absentee ballot mills, improper assistance & frequent witnesses were dismissed as conspiracy theory in 2016. I must have missed the MSNBC coverage. #NCPOL wect.com/story/34092488…
Additionally, the data shows that @RoyCooperNC’s outperformance of @PatMcCroryNC in absentee by-mail ballots in NC counties that McCrory won was highly concentrated in Bladen County. The county was a real outlier on absentee by-mail in 2016. #NC09 #NCPOL
Meanwhile, @RoyCooperNC insists on keeping @NCSBE controlled by a majority of Democrats, even appointing Robert Cordle who had close ties to disgraced former speaker Jim Black and helped a former Gov get away with campaign finance violations. #NC09 #NCPOL carolinajournal.com/news-article/e…
One is forced to wonder whether @RoyCooperNC is trying shield himself from any questions about what happened in his 2016 race in Bladen County by stacking the elections board that would investigate such claims with more partisan Democrats. #NC09 #NCPOL starnewsonline.com/news/20061005/…
Another weird aspect of the story is that McCrae Dowless, the man at the center of the 2018 investigation in #NC09, is the very same man who was the center of absentee ballot complaints made against the Bladen County Improvement Association in the #NCGOV race in 2016. #NCPOL
The Bladen County Improvement Association was funded in 2016 by the @NCDemParty and some of their prominent statewide candidates, including Mike Morgan and June Atkinson. #NC09 #NCPOL
Here’s a side-by-side comparison of the complaints made against the Bladen County Improvement Association in ‘16 vs. the complaints against Dowless in ‘18. Same claims of improper witnessing as well as the potential of illegal ballot harvesting. #NC09 #NCPOL
Good point, @tmillsNC. @RoyCooperNC’s handpicked @NCSBE chair voted to dismiss the complaint against Cooper in 2016. But now claims potential fraud has happened “for a number of years.” So what did he know and when did he know it? #NC09 #NCPOL
More information on the Bladen County Improvement Association PAC. They received a $6,000 contribution from @NCDemParty on 11/1/16 bringing their total contributions to the PAC in the ‘16 cycle to $8,500. #NC09 #NCPOL
The Bladen County Improvement Association received a $1,000 contribution from Dan Blue III on 9/24/16. Blue (D) beat Folwell (R) in absentee ballots by 352 votes in Bladen although he lost Election Day, early voting and provisionals. Blue narrowly carried Bladen. #NC09 #NCPOL
The Bladen County Improvement Association received a $1,500 contribution from Judge Mike Morgan (D) who crushed Edmunds (R) in Bladen in every vote method. But in absentees, he managed to win by just 343 votes. That seems strange considering pattern in other contests #NC09 #NCPOL
Consider Atkinson (D) who narrowly carried Bladen over Johnson (R). She made a $250 contribution on 3/18/16. She carried Bladen by 775 votes on the strength of a 430 vote lead in absentee by-mail ballots. On absentees, she even outperformed Morgan who swept Bladen. #NC09 #NCPOL
In Bladen County in 2016, no Democrat running for council of state got more than 696 absentee votes or less than 602 absentee votes. No Republican got more than 395 absentee votes or less than 235 absentee votes. #NC09 #NCPOL
The absentee ballot results in Bladen County were highly static considering the strongest D carried the county by 1,893 votes and the strongest R carried it by 1,049 votes. Almost suggesting Bladen County Improvement Association has near monopoly on absentees. #NC09 #NCPOL
The Bladen County Improvement Association paid Mary Johnson $790 for “GOTV.” She signed 74 absentee ballots as a witness in Bladen County. A highly concerning number that lends itself to questions about the tactics of this GOTV effort. #NC09 #NCPOL
The Bladen County Improvement Association paid Lola Wooten $835. She signed at least 58 ballots. They paid Barbara Cogdell $730 and she signed at least 45 ballots. Was there a fee collected per ballot witnessed? Were ballots collected by these witnesses? More ?s. #NC09 #NCPOL
In 2018, the @NCDemParty made a $1,000 contribution to the Bladen County Improvement Association. Mary Johnson, Lola Wooten & Barbara Cogdell are still on their payroll. This long after the discovery of these absentee ballot issues and with an investigation ongoing. #NC09 #NCPOL
Don’t miss this one. Get to a TV. Set your DVR. Do what you need to do. We get deep into the sordid past of Bladen County and the questions surrounding @RoyCooperNC’s 2016 campaign that have gone unanswered for years. #NC09 #NCPOL
More evidence coming from @theobserver that the Bladen County Improvement Association has been breaking NC election laws since @RoyCooperNC was Attorney General. Even this year, there are claims of “ballot harvesting” by this group. #NC09 #NCPOL
Completely agree with tweet below. It’s obvious that absentee ballot fraud has been anything but “rare” in Bladen County. This scheme has been going on for years. A full investigation is needed to see how rampant and wide this fraud has been. #NC09 #NCPOL
Bombshell revelation by @NickOchsnerWBTV. The Bladen County Improvement Association, largely funded by @NCDemParty, was still operating with the same people caught up in the 2016 allegations during the 2018 campaign. #NC09 #NCPOL
There has sadly been evidence of wrongdoing in North Carolina elections for years. It took the current situation in #NC09 to finally draw attention to this long-standing issue. Why we need a full, transparent, nonpartisan investigation into fraud. #NCPOL
It’s becoming clear that both sides were engaged in questionable absentee ballot tactics in Bladen County. And harder to pretend that any of these tactics are solely limited to the 2018 election cycle. #NC09 #NCPOL
This story indicates that an NC man who claims to never vote has had someone show up 3 times to vote in person in his name. Raising the question if potential Bladen County fraud scheme is limited to absentee ballots. #NC09 #NCPOL
The voter history of Chris Eason, featured in the @BuzzFeed story. He claims to never vote but records show someone voted in his name 9 times since 2008. 6 times by mail and 3 times in person. #NC09 #NCPOL buzzfeednews.com/article/otilli…
Though attention only started to be paid to election fraud in this area this year, it’s sadly becoming clear there is a long history of this activity here. #NC09 #NCPOL
“NC isn’t a democracy” is rhetoric that’s been widely mocked & should be beneath both parties. Unfortunately, @WayneGoodwinNC is shamefully trying to use it for partisan gain. Both parties should work together to build confidence in elections. #NC09 #NCPOL
Stone cold evidence that voters were swindled for their votes. This has to be stopped. Forever. #NC09 #NCPOL
Last week when I appeared on @NCCapTonight with @WayneGoodwinNC, I brought up the Bladen County Improvement Association and @NCDemParty's contribution to that PAC. This is not the first he's heard of it. It's on video. #NC09 #NCPOL
Allegations that ballot harvesting activity has been going on in Bladen County for years. And orgs that target minority voters for absentee ballot activity like the Bladen County Improvement Association have been operating in the county. #NC09 #NCPOL theguardian.com/us-news/2018/d…
NC voters also deserve to know what @NCDemParty’s political contributions made to the Bladen County Improvement Association PAC were meant to buy. #NC09 #NCPOL
New questions mount regarding the contributions made by @NCDemParty that have been given to this Bladen County PAC involved in absentee ballot operations that are under investigation regarding all elections since 2010. #NC09 #NCPOL
As more counties start to take a closer look at absentee ballots, we could discover that there were problems that stretch far beyond Bladen County and #NC09 into more counties and more races. #NCPOL
It's fair for @NCDemParty to ask questions about what happened in #NC09. But if they are going to ask questions, they also need to be prepared to answer questions about their party bankrolling the Bladen County Improvement Association PAC. #NCPOL
No one in this story comes out looking good and it raises serious questions about absentee ballot activities in Bladen County going back multiple elections and involving more than just Dowless. #NC09 #NCPOL
While @WayneGoodwinNC is going on national TV for partisan gain while ducking any questions about the Bladen County Improvement Association and its connection to @NCDemParty, I guess the rest of us are supposed to pretend it never happened. #NC09 #NCPOL
New allegations of in person voting fraud occurring to help Democrats steal a judicial race in Robeson County. The potential list of shenanigans in this part of the state grows by the day. #NC09 #NCPOL
BREAKING: New report released by @NCSBE of investigation into 2016 election fraud found that the Bladen County Improvement Association, a PAC funded by @NCDemParty, had employees who improperly filled out absentee ballots. Info was forwarded to US Attorney. #NC09 #NCPOL
On January 26 of this year, Bladen County’s DA sent a letter to NCSBI agent regarding the ongoing investigation into Dowless and the Bladen County Improvement Association PAC from 2016. @NCDemParty made a $1000 contribution to BCIA on October 18. #NC09 #NCPOL
A lot of folks on the left trying to wish away the misdeeds of the Bladen County Improvement Association bc of their ties to @NCDemParty despite ongoing investigation into BCIA’s potentially criminal behavior in Bladen over multiple elections. #NC09 #NCPOL
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