WASHINGTON _ The chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party said if early vote totals in Bladen County were leaked before Election Day, "this fact alone would likely require a new election" in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District.
The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer reported Monday that early voting totals from Bladen County may have been leaked. Documents released by the State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement show that early voting tabulations were run several days before the Nov. 6 election in Bladen County. A witness who signed that vote tabulation wrote in a sworn affidavit that the totals were "viewed by officials at the one-stop site who were not judges."
"This action by election officials would be a fundamental violation of the sense of fair play, honesty and integrity that the Republican Party stands for. We can never tolerate the state putting its thumb on the scale. The people involved in this must be held accountable and should it be true, this fact alone would likely require a new election," Robin Hayes, the North Carolina GOP's chairman, in a statement released Tuesday afternoon.
