North Carolina Democrats see opportunity in do-over election

North Carolina Democrats see opportunity in do-over election | iNFOnews.ca
In this Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2019, image made from video, Kevin Stewart, a Union County resident, speaks in Union County, N.C. A ballot-fraud scandal that has led North Carolina to order a do-over congressional election could give the Democrats a strong shot at taking back a seat that has been held by the Republicans since John F. Kennedy was in the White House. The new contest was ordered by the state elections board last month after it concluded that GOP candidate Mark Harris’ lead of 905 votes out of about 280,000 cast in November was tainted by evidence of ballot fraud by political operative Leslie McCrae Dowless and others working on Harris’ behalf. Dowless “played both sides of the street,” Stewart said, alluding to the way the political operative worked previously for at least one Democrat. “I think the hatchet is going to fall, quite frankly, on both sides of political aisle, and that's a good thing.” (AP Photo/Sarah Blake Morgan)

ELIZABETHTOWN, N.C. – A ballot-fraud scandal that has led North Carolina to order a do-over congressional election could give the Democrats a strong shot at taking back a seat that has been held by the Republicans since John F. Kennedy was in the White House.

Democrat Dan McCready has a head start in fundraising and name recognition, and the allegations of ballot tampering have cast a shadow over the GOP that could help him win in the deeply conservative 9th Congressional District.

An election date has not been set.

But there are also fears that the scandal could cut both ways, with fatigue and disillusionment over the electoral system keeping some voters home.

Bladen County resident Glendell Robinson said he hopes his fellow voters can overcome fears that their votes won’t count.

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