ST. PAULS, N.C. _ The investigation into election fraud in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District now includes at least two counties _ Bladen and Robeson.
Investigators from the State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement returned to the Robeson County Board of Elections on Tuesday to collect more information about the local board's procedures. The state board had earlier collected absentee ballot envelopes and the identification of at least one person who dropped off absentee applications.
The state board has twice declined to certify the results of Republican Mark Harris' apparent 905-vote victory over Democrat Dan McCready, citing "claims of numerous irregularities and concerted fraudulent activities related to absentee mail ballots." The board plans to hold an evidentiary hearing in the next three weeks.
