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

[lfromnj]

https://twitter.com/MichaelPerchick/status/1070719496506224640

https://twitter.com/MichaelPerchick/status/1070724136144646144

Why is it a thing that people on this site are more supportive of Harris than either the North Carolina GOP or the GOP nationally, all of whom seem OK with redoing the race?

even the folks on RRH are less supportive of Harris besides Krazen and Honeybee.

[lfromnj]

Couldn't Harris just move to the south carolina exurbs of Charlotte?

[lfromnj]

Dan Mcready rightfully unconcedes.
https://twitter.com/McCreadyForNC/status/1070808315658190848

Wish him the best of luck

[lfromnj]

im bored its clear there is gonna be a special election. At this point if I was the NC GOP i would try to seek a compromise where the board certifies the election but the house doesn't seat so there can be a fair SE.

[lfromnj]

If the the dems steal this seat I swear to God I will never forgive them for this.

Ah, the DEMOCRATS are stealing it!? 

And that's an interesting threat. How can you threaten  to do something that you are already doing?

ik if bagel did it might be a threat. but woodbury is just a CLOWN.

[lfromnj]

https://twitter.com/joebrunowsoc9/status/1071125972248858629?s=21

Mark Harris is less opposed to a new election than Bagel.

Lol ik right. Can we ban bagel if he calls Harris a dem hack

[lfromnj]

lmbo:

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fwiw, Lutz does come up as a Democrat in a search of NC's voter registrations: https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/

Roy moore was a Democrat when he molested those girls

[lfromnj]

Roy moore was a Democrat when he molested those girls

Honestly I don't care whether he is or isn't, I was just correcting the post before mine that disputed his status as a Democrat.

I'm just saying it's probably a demosaur before Woodbury comes in

[lfromnj]

I sure hope people weren't under the impression that if we started allowing voting by mail, that there would never be any fraud whatsoever, and that if there was we'd just scrap the whole thing. The worst response to this would be to make voting harder just because of a few counties where people/groups have run ballot mills unimpeded because lazy election officials never bothered to investigate or get the authorities to file charges. As has been said in this thread a number of times already, these people did not just appear out of thin air. They have been doing this for years now, and it's been widely known. Why nothing was done until now is anyone's guess.

The appropriate response to this is that the state invest resources into going after people who do this when they receive information about it, not when it hits the news due to possibly tipping a razor-close Congressional election.

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-ballot-harvesting-20181207-story.html

I mean how can ballot harvesting be considered something good? I take the position of the LA time editorial except for the ca21st where it almost certainly flipped it but idc about that. I just don't think people should be allowed to collect another's ballot to deliver it to the election board.

[lfromnj]

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-ballot-harvesting-20181207-story.html

I mean how can ballot harvesting be considered something good? I take the position of the LA time editorial except for the ca21st where it almost certainly flipped it but idc about that. I just don't think people should be allowed to collect another's ballot to deliver it to the election board.

I wasn't talking about that lol

It was in response to jim's musing that we basically disallow absentee voting (mail) in almost all cases except when they are out of county, which is a patently absurd proposal.

I'm not fundamentally against not allowing "ballot harvesting." But it was already illegal in North Carolina, which, as I stated in my post, was evidently a law that was never enforced for god knows what reason. So my question to you is, if it's already illegal and they are still doing it, what do you do then? State authorities and election boards apparently abdicated their duty to run fraud-free elections here.

oh I just ignored jimtrex lol.

[lfromnj]

lmbo:

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fwiw, Lutz does come up as a Democrat in a search of NC's voter registrations: https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/

Roy moore was a Democrat when he molested those girls

He was also a far right-wing conservative too. Your point?

That was my point

[lfromnj]

I still think there weren't enough votes imo but it's clear that it is now definitely within the margin of error that it affected the margin.

[lfromnj]

Harris personally directed Dowless' hiring despite warnings that he may have used fraud in 2016. They interacted regularly during the primary according to a former Dowless associate, and said associate claims Dowless and Harris spoke often about the "program."

LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP.

[lfromnj]

Is this seat the Charlotte suburbs?

Some Charlotte suburbs and some rural.

also the rurals  were actually the D part of the district in 2012 and the burbs were the R part.

Anyway this district and ky 06 and ohio 12th are all quite similar.

[lfromnj]

Is this seat the Charlotte suburbs?

Some Charlotte suburbs and some rural.

also the rurals  were actually the D part of the district in 2012 and the burbs were the R part.

Anyway this district and ky 06 and ohio 12th are all quite similar.

umm, the rural areas are still the democratic part of the seat? The only county won by Harris was Union (not counting Bladen for obvious reasons)

I mean now its more purple overall .

[lfromnj]

https://www.wral.com/news/state/nccapitol/video/18200033/

Live Hearing link

[lfromnj]

What do people think we should do with this thread?

I think there's still a case to keep a thread stickied because the primaries and special elections will be (almost) the only game in town for Congressional races in 2019, but we have NC-3 and PA-12 coming, too. Should we make this an open thread for Congressional special elections?

Yeah probably its worth to sticky it coz NC 3rd and PA 12th will almost certainly be Safe R while this for now is a clear and PTU.

[lfromnj]

Has McCready said if he’s running or not?

I mean its basically certain considering he is actively fundraising off it.

[lfromnj]

I thought Cooper could do it after 90 days? Why wouldn't he do that considering that Mcready would have a name rec advantage?

[lfromnj]

DCCC poll
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000169-38b8-dce6-ad69-3fff83b50001


50 46 Mcready vs Generic R.

[lfromnj]

LMAO JUST REALIZED. Is the poll literally fake?

Look at the date

https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000169-38b8-dce6-ad69-3fff83b50001

[lfromnj]

This Friedenberg guy supports the Green New Deal rofl

Good fit for the district

I mean he isn't winning and the only way to break 40 is to get that college student turnout.

[lfromnj]

Dan Mcready returned a 2000 dollar check from Ilhan Omar.

https://twitter.com/JoeBrunoWSOC9/status/1118595031496110081

Starting to look like Sista Souljah.

[lfromnj]

A truly dedicated citizen to our elections.

https://twitter.com/StolpWSOC9/status/1121121517809614848

[lfromnj]

I vote for Walter Jones corpse.