North Carolina Board Orders New Election in Tainted House Race
- Decision follows evidence of fraud with absentee ballots
- Re-vote will include new primaries according to state law
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The North Carolina elections board ordered a new vote in a U.S House district because of evidence that the results in November were tainted by fraud.
The ruling came on the fourth day of the board’s hearing to investigate allegations of absentee voter fraud orchestrated by a political operative on GOP candidate Mark Harris’s payroll during last year’s midterm election. Harris held a 905-vote lead over Democrat Dan McCready in the unofficial tally that a previous election board declined to certify.