Roll Call reported yesterday that one woman whose name appears as a witness on 28 absentee ballots admitted to “harvesting” them from voters:
That’s, um, illegal in North Carolina. Absentee ballots are supposed to go directly from the voter to the election board to prevent fraudulent intervention in the voting process. This appears to be the first direct corroboration of illegal “harvesting” activity directed by Dowless, who has already become a central figure in the controversy in the NC-09 election.
Uh oh: Two women admit illegal “ballot harvesting” for North Carolina GOP operative
Ginger Eason, a Bladen County resident, told a reporter for WSOC-TV on Tuesday that she had done campaign work for Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr., who paid her $75 to $100 per week to collect absentee ballots in the county and deliver them to him. …
“I was helping McCrae pick up ballots,” Eason told WSOC-TV, adding that she never looked to see whom people had voted for. She gave the ballots to Dowless.
“I was helping McCrae pick up ballots,” Eason told WSOC-TV, adding that she never looked to see whom people had voted for. She gave the ballots to Dowless.
That’s, um, illegal in North Carolina. Absentee ballots are supposed to go directly from the voter to the election board to prevent fraudulent intervention in the voting process. This appears to be the first direct corroboration of illegal “harvesting” activity directed by Dowless, who has already become a central figure in the controversy in the NC-09 election.
Uh oh: Two women admit illegal “ballot harvesting” for North Carolina GOP operative