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Political operative in North Carolina election upended by fraud allegations is arrested, charged
http://www.chicagotribune.com ^ | 27 Feb 2019 | By Emery P. Dalesio and Jonathan Drew

Posted on 02/27/2019 12:25:20 PM PST by BackRoads775

he political operative at the center of an election fraud scandal that has engulfed a North Carolina congressional race was arrested Wednesday on charges of illegal ballot handling and conspiracy. Four people working for him were also charged.

Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr., 63, was accused of directing workers to collect and mail in other people's absentee ballots during the 2018 Republican congressional primary and the 2016 general election. It is against the law in North Carolina for anyone other than the voter or a close relative to handle a mail-in ballot.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: congress; corruption; fraud; govtabuse; scandals; tyranny; voterfraud
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1 posted on 02/27/2019 12:25:20 PM PST by BackRoads775
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To: BackRoads775

Our guy is guilty? I thought it was the rats.


2 posted on 02/27/2019 12:27:03 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: BackRoads775

So, are the “harvesting absentee ballots” cheaters in Kali-Fornia going to get charged?

I’m seriously skeptical that this is a real criminal affair!

Democrats HATE to lose! Their goal is to win by any means necessary, and if they have to break the law to do so, no problem!


3 posted on 02/27/2019 12:31:05 PM PST by Taxman (We will never be a truly free people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS.)
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To: BackRoads775

I once visited my aunt who was living in a senior apartment and I saw an absentee ballot sitting on her coffee table. I asked her if she had asked for it and she said no. I then asked her if she wanted to vote. She said yes. I helped her to fill it out by reading out the names of the people running for office and asking her the questions for the propositions. My aunt had macular degeneration and could not read the form easily. I then took her ballot to the correct voting authority.


4 posted on 02/27/2019 12:33:08 PM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: Taxman
Democrats HATE to lose! Their goal is to win by any means necessary, and if they have to break the law to do so, no problem!

And then they try to convince you that that's what the Republicans do, and their media pals will help them push the narrative.

5 posted on 02/27/2019 12:33:32 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BackRoads775

He might have a very remote chance at acquittal by claiming violation of the Equal Protection law, since California allows this...................


6 posted on 02/27/2019 12:35:20 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: BackRoads775

This guy is the scapegoat. Now they have a face to go with the Republican cheating. I’m surprised they didn’t get a picture of someone wearing a MAGA hat.


7 posted on 02/27/2019 12:36:40 PM PST by ProudDeplorable
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To: dfwgator

Without knowing any of the details, I’s wager that at the bottom of this mess is a LIEberal!


8 posted on 02/27/2019 12:36:59 PM PST by Taxman (We will never be a truly free people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS.)
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To: Slyfox

You did the right thing. You were a close relative. In Pennsylvania, if you assist someone in person, we have an additional step of signing an assisted voter register and an election worker is to witness that there is no coercion or undue suggestion involved.


9 posted on 02/27/2019 12:38:28 PM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys all aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

“Our guy is guilty? I thought it was the rats.”

The Democrats do the same, except they’ve legalized it in most places where they do it, particularly the West Coast.

It was illegal since it’s so easy to bribe people or change votes...and it’s how California flipped something like 7 Congressional seats AFTER election night votes were counted. Even Paul Ryan was asking questions about it, just before disappearing from Congress and becoming a lobbyist.


10 posted on 02/27/2019 12:42:52 PM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: Taxman
"So, are the “harvesting absentee ballots” cheaters in Kali-Fornia going to get charged?"

Anyone can vote in Cali. You don't have to be a resident of the county, state, or even the planet to vote here. You don't even need to be breathing.

11 posted on 02/27/2019 12:48:50 PM PST by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't waiting. Do it today.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

That’s OK, lock him up!!

NOW arrest EVERYONE who pulls that stuff


12 posted on 02/27/2019 12:49:15 PM PST by SMARTY (Hatred is a feeling which leads to the extinction of values. Ortega y Gasset)
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1 Governor, 2 Senators, 12-20 house seats countless important down ballot races were stolen by the Rats. Nothing.
I dodgy GOP win and it gets tossed.


13 posted on 02/27/2019 12:51:00 PM PST by gibsonguy
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1 Governor, 2 Senators, 12-20 house seats countless important down ballot races were stolen by the Rats. Nothing.
I dodgy GOP win and it gets tossed.


14 posted on 02/27/2019 12:51:07 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: Taxman
No, because it's legal to harvest ballots in California. They changed the law to make it easier to cheat.

In 2016, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a change to Section 3017 of the Election Code that allows any person to collect a mail-in ballot from voters and turn in the mail ballot to a polling place or the registrar’s office. Prior law restricted the practice to just relatives of or those living in the same household as the voter.

15 posted on 02/27/2019 12:53:18 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: BackRoads775

Republican vote fraud will be highly publicized. Dems will be back page


16 posted on 02/27/2019 12:53:41 PM PST by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: BackRoads775

Democrats say Voter Fraud doesn’t exist


17 posted on 02/27/2019 12:56:42 PM PST by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: BackRoads775
As usual, the GOP national leadership - which includes Donald Trump - is sound asleep.

After decades of unpunished, in-plain-sight, Democrat voter fraud, every MSM news source in the USA is currently reporting on alleged “vote harvesting” by a Republican Congressman with health issues, including - in my opinion - possible mental health issues.

18 posted on 02/27/2019 1:01:20 PM PST by zeestephen
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To: Vigilanteman

At the time I was also a precinct chair and worked elections so I knew the right thing to do.


19 posted on 02/27/2019 1:05:43 PM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: zeestephen

Reply to:As usual, the GOP national leadership - which includes Donald Trump - is sound asleep.

After decades of unpunished, in-plain-sight, Democrat voter fraud, every MSM news source in the USA is currently reporting on alleged “vote harvesting” by a Republican Congressman with health issues, including - in my opinion - possible mental health issues.

HAVE TO AGREE AND TRUMP JUST THINKS HE’S GOING TO WIN 2020 - with all the dems cheating - repubs are all asleep at the wheel - no one doing a thing and silly sh*t lie this is allowed to pop up and go unchallenged and be smeared all over without any big clean up...big worries - but hey what do we small guys know??????? we do not play 3D chess!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are really going to hate this world and our lives soon...


20 posted on 02/27/2019 1:20:33 PM PST by ldish (Have had enough...you??????)
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