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struggle4progress

(120,647 posts) Mon Oct 17, 2016, 11:48 AM Oct 2016

Was the GOP Collecting Completed Absentee Ballots in NC? [View all]

by david badash
October 17, 2016 11:17 AM

After Sunday's despicable and horrific attack on the Orange County, North Carolina offices of the Republican party, GOP spokesperson Emily Weeks told NBC News "that materials inside, possibly including completed absentee ballots, may have been destroyed."

Fox News appears to have reported "absentee ballots burned in office attack."

If completed absentee ballots were housed in the GOP's headquarters, that could be a violation of North Carolina's State Board of Election's rules.

When asked if the GOP could have been collecting completed absentee voter ballots, Tracy Ream, the Director of North Carolina's Orange County Board of Elections told The New Civil Rights Movement via telephone Monday, "they cannot do that." She cited the State Board of Elections rules ...

http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/_why_is_the_gop_claiming_completed_absentee_ballots_may_have_been_in_their_nc_hq_that_was_firebombed

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Was the GOP Collecting Completed Absentee Ballots in NC? [View all] struggle4progress Oct 2016 OP

What are completed ballots doing @ the county GOP HQ? Botany Oct 2016 #1

k&r uppityperson Oct 2016 #2

Those cheating Democrats caught cheating!! Laf.La.Dem. Oct 2016 #3

Saying that completed absentee ballots may have been destroyed gives away the game. anamandujano Oct 2016 #5

Fahrenheit 451! Democrats_win Oct 2016 #4

I asked the NBC author of his misquoted or she misspoke in a tweet: Raine1967 Oct 2016 #6

Yeah. I asked them too. Odd. Stand and Fight Oct 2016 #7

Could she perhaps have meant voter registration forms? jberryhill Oct 2016 #8

She replied with no detail only to say: Raine1967 Oct 2016 #9

The mail-in or drop-off deadline for voter registration forms was Friday 14 October struggle4progress Oct 2016 #12

There are a lot of unanswered questions that I hope a reporter will look into. Raine1967 Oct 2016 #15

Emily Weeks replied to me via twitter: Raine1967 Oct 2016 #10

That's an oddly worded denial. The GOP should not have been in possession of ANY absentee ballots, struggle4progress Oct 2016 #13

I agree. I asked her another question: Raine1967 Oct 2016 #14

Reporter repied to me via twitter: Raine1967 Oct 2016 #18

That's why God created mailboxes dembotoz Oct 2016 #11

The article I read said there were "Sample Ballots" destroyed Nac Mac Feegle Oct 2016 #16

... North Carolina Republican Party spokeswoman Emily Weeks told NBC News that struggle4progress Oct 2016 #19

The ATF is on this. The answers will come soon. panader0 Oct 2016 #17