You accuse people of the things you’d like to do.
More information rolling in as additional people are contacted by investigators regarding their ballots. This includes witnesses to the absentee vote who weren’t there when the absentee ballot was filled out and put in the envelope (NC requires this be witnessed by two people, who sign the envelope). In addition, some envelopes were returned for having not had the required number of witnesses, despite being picked up by the same non-relative as picked up other ballots that did have the required number. All of whom, of course, operated under the direction of the “person of interest” in the investigation.
If the state GOP is really smart, they’ll throw in the towel on this and request a new election before the Democrats in Congress get up a real head of steam over refusing to seat Mr. Harris. Given that the same shenanigans went on in the primary, I think they ought to get Harris to give up his nomination so they can nominate someone clean.
I read something earlier about it not being possible for him to not be on the ballot unless he moves out of the state. It’s a weird rule for re-elections and nominations.
If there is a new election, I think the GOP will get slaughtered.
I hope so. I mean, it looks like the GOP might’ve lost the first time if the election had been fair. The second election will suffer from being a special election (lower Dem turnout usually), but I’m guessing there’ll be a pretty big push from both parties to emphasize the election, AND from Dems to ensure that it’s fair, so that will hopefully make the difference.
Every single congressman counts. 236 is better than 235.
With luck, it’ll force a review of procedures all through North Carolina. That can only help us.
The second and third clauses are true, so who knows what the turnout will be this time, but the recent special elections have swung immensely toward the Democratic side. I’m not sure how much of that was the GOP pushing too hard with Trumpism or how much is lack of name recognition in the new GOP candidates, but I don’t think the Democrats have a built-in problem per se in special elections in this political climate*, although again each election is different.
*I almost freudian-slipped that as “slimate”.
I accuse you of going to Disneyland!
And indeed I did! In June for 10 days as a graduation gift for my oldest. Me, my youngest, my oldest and some of her friends in cabin and Fort Wilderness.
That was a lot of kids to manage on my own.
Admirable fortitude if not wisdom.
You forgot foolishness, elucidator. But you’re from Texas. I can forgive you mistaking it for fortitude.
I accuse you of having a torrid affair with Keira Knightley, securing the impeachment, conviction and imprisonment of President Trump, and winning the lottery. Hah!
Congressperson. Especially given that a majority ofthe new Dem Congresspersons are women. 
I’m seeing reports that Harris himself is calling for a new election. Well and good. I suspect that every election board in the state (perhaps in the USA) is reconsidering how absentee ballots are managed. Following the lead of the President, who allows buddies from Mar a Lago to formulate policy for the VA, how about if we organize a panel of contributors here to meet in Raleigh to help the Sec of State determine and issue a policy on absentee ballots that involves not just trying to make the ballots secure, but also to do return visits to a few percent of the people requesting ballots to be sure their voting wishes were properly secured and recorded. Any problems uncovered, look for a culprit and throw their heinie in the lockup.
actually, more to the point, to follow the Nazi playbook, you accuse people of doing what you are already doing, especially if it is an illegal action.
Well and good–but I refuse to believe that Harris is shocked that gambling is going on here. Harris hired this guy twice, and there were plenty of complaints after the primary about shenanigans connected with this guy. Harris is trying to distance himself, but he has the stench of the crime all over him.
I think Harris’ play is that if the NCSBE calls for a new election, he’s the GOP nominee since the primary results have been certified. And he just might get enough people voting for him in the special, simply because he’s a Republican.
I expect he’d prefer that they do that before the House of Representatives refuses to seat him, because if the House doesn’t seat him, there’s a redo of the whole shebang, including the primaries, and he’d almost surely lose the primary now.
That’s kind of interesting. For the Republican party it’d be much better to have a redo of the primary, because Harris, as the first Congressional candidate in decades to have won through unambiguous election fraud, comes to a special election with serious baggage. They have a decent chance of winning a special election with a different candidate, less so with Harris. I wonder if the GOP will recognize this and push for a new primary.
Wonder if there’s a way they can retroactively decertify the primary results. If not, AFAICT, the only way for a new primary would be for NCSBE to certify, and have the House refuse to seat Harris.
For a moment there over the past couple of days, there was a push by the NC GOP to change the law so that a new election would require a redo of the primaries as well, but apparently it already fell apart. If the NCSBE invalidates the election, it’ll be a straight-up rematch.
'Tis the election season to be jolly… 
Oh, it gets even BETTER:
Apparently, in Bladen County, they counted up the early votes to see who was winning, then leaked those totals to non-election officials.
NC GOP says a re-vote is definitely required, if that turns out to be true.
Makes you wonder how long this crap has gone on in that area that they were so blatant about it?