Congressional Special Election (last call! unstickied after NY-27 final results)

[The Mikado]

https://twitter.com/jimmorrill/status/1068225397165314048

I don't believe that actually happened.

This is a parody account, right?

[Mike Thick]

It’s astonishing how much mental gymnastics people will do to convince themselves that the majority of the public is on the same side as them

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

https://twitter.com/jimmorrill/status/1068225397165314048

https://twitter.com/jimmorrill/status/1068226208738017290?s=19

[GeorgiaModerate]

More info from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

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Link to Michael Bitzer's detailed analysis

[RogueBeaver]

https://twitter.com/McCreadyForNC/status/1068318605278879744

[Badger]

Can the democrats please stop trying to steal elections?

It's a bipartisan board voting unanimously. If it was a 5 to 4 decision I would be outraged too but a unanimous decision suggests maybe there is a problem

You're talking to an ignorant hack who until recently had a Hitler quote in his signature.

Honestly, the only worst hacks on this forum who exercise even worse judgement... Would be of course the moderators who let him stay after he did so.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

https://twitter.com/McCreadyForNC/status/1068318605278879744

And the people of the 9th chose Harris.

[Comrade Funk]

The NCGOP further proving how evil they are.

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/McCreadyForNC/status/1068318605278879744

And the people of the 9th chose Harris.

That has not yet been officially established, and your repeated assertions will not make it so.  If the BoE upholds Harris's election, then feel free to gloat at that point; but unless and until that happens, will you PLEASE knock it off?  You have enough of value to say on other topics that I would regret putting you on Ignore, but I'm about 1 millimeter from it at this point.

[Ye We Can]

https://twitter.com/McCreadyForNC/status/1068318605278879744

And the people of the 9th chose Harris.

That has not yet been officially established, and your repeated assertions will not make it so.  If the BoE upholds Harris's election, then feel free to gloat at that point; but unless and until that happens, will you PLEASE knock it off?  You have enough of value to say on other topics that I would regret putting you on Ignore, but I'm about 1 millimeter from it at this point.

Why do people even reply to Bagel

[ag]

I mean, this is one of those cases where, if allegations turn out to be sufficiently established to order a new election (which would seem to be the only reasonable remedy at this point), somebody better go to prison. Because the allegations are those of very serious electoral fraud, and it will not be sufficient to leave them underinvestigated. I mean, I generally agree that only very serious and proven misconduct should be grounds for annulling electoral results at this stage.  The allegations, clearly, raise to the former standard - but I want to see them proven in court.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I mean, this is one of those cases where, if allegations turn out to be sufficiently established to order a new election (which would seem to be the only reasonable remedy at this point), somebody better go to prison. Because the allegations are those of very serious electoral fraud, and it will not be sufficient to leave them underinvestigated. I mean, I generally agree that only very serious and proven misconduct should be grounds for annulling electoral results at this stage.  The allegations, clearly, raise to the former standard - but I want to see them proven in court.

Those tweets indicate that a woman is already being identified in photographs. So yeah they got a suspect. Of course she's probably just small time and should plead to turn in the real villains.

[DrScholl]

Somebody is going to be brought up on felony charges because what is stated in those affidavits is serious. After all the bogus Republican claims of fraud in California it's almost funny that an actual case of fraud seems to have been orchestrated by a Republican. Now when Republicans claim fraud Democrats have the receipts.

[Crumpets]

I mean, this is one of those cases where, if allegations turn out to be sufficiently established to order a new election (which would seem to be the only reasonable remedy at this point), somebody better go to prison. Because the allegations are those of very serious electoral fraud, and it will not be sufficient to leave them underinvestigated. I mean, I generally agree that only very serious and proven misconduct should be grounds for annulling electoral results at this stage.  The allegations, clearly, raise to the former standard - but I want to see them proven in court.

Those tweets indicate that a woman is already being identified in photographs. So yeah they got a suspect. Of course she's probably just small time and should plead to turn in the real villains.

Knowing how the last few years have gone, it will eventually come out that every senior Republican official in the country and their mother has met with this woman at some point or another, that she has received secret payments for thousands of dollars, and had a backdoor liaison at the Russian Embassy.

[lfromnj]

Lets wait before calling it GOP voter fraud. It does seem to look like it but can we all just wait?

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

Given that is sounds like the alleged fraud may have targeted both the incumbent Republican and the Democratic challenger, this may be a highly unusual circumstance (at least in this political environment) where we actually see a reasonably bipartisan investigation.

[NOVA Green]

Are there enough votes in the precincts where the results look fudged that McCready could have won the election?

That's a very good question, and unfortunately NC is not as transparent in posting precinct level election results at a Statewide level.

In my opinion (and I know I'm biased), NC has some of the easiest accessed voter information there is. It might be a little slow to certify but it is incredibly easy to access with an interactive map. You are correct in saying that occasionally they do not split the early vote into the precincts, but I have it on very good authority that they will for this election (they did so in the primary as well).

https://er.ncsbe.gov/contest_details.html?election_dt=11/06/2018&county_id=9&contest_id=1183*

*As of right now, the absentee, one stop, and provisional ballots have yet to be broken down by precinct, however, they should be at some point in the future.

Also, it's easy to pull the registered voter list as well as the 2018 general voter file from the state's SOS page. I can't find it off hand, but if that's something y'all would like to look at I can put in some time pulling out information on Bladen County.

Thanks for the update, since honestly I've had extreme difficulty trying to track down a comprehensive NC Statewide Site that allows visibility to precinct level data in all parts of the State....

Gave you credit on the following thread where I've been trying to make precinct level data more accessible to both Atlas members and non-registered visitors to the Site....

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=307483.msg6549215#msg6549215

[Tender Branson]

This is disgusting.

Lock these Bladen GOP fraudsters up ... for years.

Invalidate the election and call a new one.

[Former Dean Phillips Supporters for Haley (I guess???!?) 👁️]

Knowing how the last few years have gone, it will eventually come out that every senior Republican official in the country and their mother has met with this woman at some point or another, that she has received secret payments for thousands of dollars, and had a backdoor liaison at the Russian Embassy.

It's gonna turn out to be this lady.



Or maybe this one.

[Landslide Lyndon]

https://twitter.com/McCreadyForNC/status/1068318605278879744

And the people of the 9th chose Harris.

That has not yet been officially established, and your repeated assertions will not make it so.  If the BoE upholds Harris's election, then feel free to gloat at that point; but unless and until that happens, will you PLEASE knock it off?  You have enough of value to say on other topics that I would regret putting you on Ignore, but I'm about 1 millimeter from it at this point.

Why do people even reply to Bagel

Seriously, the guy is either trolling or has reading comprehension issues.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

https://twitter.com/McCreadyForNC/status/1068318605278879744

And the people of the 9th chose Harris.

That has not yet been officially established, and your repeated assertions will not make it so.  If the BoE upholds Harris's election, then feel free to gloat at that point; but unless and until that happens, will you PLEASE knock it off?  You have enough of value to say on other topics that I would regret putting you on Ignore, but I'm about 1 millimeter from it at this point.

Fine, fine. I will be back here to remind you once Harris has a 100% chance of winning (it's like 99% if not more now).

[wbrocks67]

Yeah, I don't want to go too far down a rabbit hole but this does look SUPER suspect. There's no way every single county moved *somewhat* to the Dems, yet that one county did not move an inch.

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1068338084394090498

[Person Man]

Yeah. Someone should be getting soap on a rope for Christmas  . The NC GOP are such crooks!

[Brittain33]

And the people of the 9th chose Harris.

These disingenuous posts, with their repetition, are crossing the line into trolling. I suggest you reconsider.

If people see trolling behavior on these threads, please report to the mods.

[UncleSam]

And the people of the 9th chose Harris.

These disingenuous posts, with their repetition, are crossing the line into trolling. I suggest you reconsider.

If people see trolling behavior on these threads, please report to the mods.

Since when is stating a fact trolling. Even if you invalidate every single absentee ballot from Bladen County Harris still wins. The people of the ninth clearly chose Harris lol, that’s not trolling.

Of course, this should still be investigated and if someone committed fraud they should be thrown in jail. But the county is just too small to have had an impact on this race’s outcome.