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McCrae Dowless, the man at the heart of an alleged ballot trafficking (also known as ballot harvesting) scheme that resulted in an overturned congressional election, died on Sunday, April 24.
Published: Saturday, May 7th, 2022 @ 6:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Bladen County political operative at the center of a 2018 congressional election scandal will serve six months in federal prison.
Published: Friday, October 8th, 2021 @ 12:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The 2018 ballot harvesting in Bladen County is hardly the only case of 21st-century election fraud in North Carolina
Published: Monday, October 26th, 2020 @ 12:42 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The top official at the State Board of Elections wants tougher punishment for election crimes, suggesting special prosecutors should be appointed if district attorneys or federal authorities refuse to investigate wrongdoing.
Published: Saturday, March 23rd, 2019 @ 1:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The State Board of Elections on Thursday unanimously ordered a new election in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District and two local contests in Bladen County.
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 @ 2:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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McCrae Dowless, the main person of interest in an alleged ballot harvesting ring that helped Republican Rev. Mark Harris defeat Democrat Dan McCready in November, appeared under subpoena at a State Board of Elections evidentiary hearing Monday but refused to testify.
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 @ 2:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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McCrae Dowless, who won election as supervisor of Bladen County’s Soil and Water Conservation District, has filed a complaint with his county board of elections, alleging “literally hundreds of fraudulent ballots were cast” in a “massive scheme to run an absentee ballot mill”
Published: Wednesday, November 16th, 2016 @ 12:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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