North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is refusing to concede after an extremely close battle for reelection has left him more than 6,000 votes behind his challenger, Democrat Roy Cooper.
The Republican incumbent has lodged complaints in at least 50 counties about voting irregularities across the state, including votes from the dead, votes from felons and voters who cast ballots in multiple states, the Raleigh News & Observer reports. He has called for a recount, which he is allowed to do since the margin of votes is less than 10,000, but elections officials in at least three counties have rejected his request, North Carolina radio station WFAE reports. The largest complaint was aimed at the Democratic-leaning Durham County; officials unanimously dismissed that complaint on Friday.
The state’s Board of Elections voted Sunday to meet on the issue this week. According to the Associated Press, Republican state board member Rhonda Amoroso has urged a prompt response to the complaints because hearing about them could lead citizens to believe there is a “systemic issue here of fraudulent voter activities.”
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An elections attorney for Cooper told the News & Observer that the Democrat’s lead is insurmountable.
There's a law in NC that not even the Courts can intervene if the Legislature finds probable cause in voting irregularities, which means that the Governor may be picked by the GOP-controlled state Congress I read that is McCrory's reason for filing all these lawsuits like crazy.
Even though North Carolina is shady as hell, I doubt anything will come of these lawsuits. He just needs to concede and let it go but of course he won't.
I read that is McCrory's reason for filing all these lawsuits like crazy.
