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

[new_patomic]

https://twitter.com/NickOchsnerWBTV/status/1072538777292279809

Somehow jimrtex and Bagel are going to bury their heads in the sand still

Well obviously we can't trust the NCGOP when they call for a new election due to election fraud. They've been accused of election fraud!

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/BowTiePolitics/status/1072632137445240833

[Brittain33]

If the GOP is caving you know it's worse than what has been revealed.

[Antonio the Sixth]

If the GOP is caving you know it's worse than what has been revealed.

[The Mikado]

https://twitter.com/BowTiePolitics/status/1072632137445240833

But Bagel keeps telling me that not enough votes were involved to put the outcome in doubt!

[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.

[Badger]

If the GOP is caving you know it's worse than what has been revealed.

[Virginiá]

Not sure if it's been posted, but the NC GOP is already working to change the law to allow a primary in an election redo. Such a situation currently only runs the general election again, but they want to dump Harris, so as usual, the GOP immediately changes the rules to get their way. Not that they are wrong here imo, but they do this for everything, not just serious situations like this. It's actually quite fascinating how little they care about the actual system we live under. All that matters is that they control it:

https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/1072586420445941760

[No War, but the War on Christmas]

Has Trump tweeted a single time about the massive, substantiated election fraud going on in NC?

Or does he only care about fake news election fraud against Republicans?

Real question.

[smoltchanov]

Has Trump tweeted a single time about the massive, substantiated election fraud going on in NC?

Or does he only care about fake news election fraud against Republicans?

Real question.

I am sure you know the answer...

[Pericles]

A new primary may actually be a good idea, given the anomalies there and the close margin that result is also questionable.

[Sestak]

https://twitter.com/ForecasterEnten/status/1072156687384133634

[GeorgiaModerate]

A new primary may actually be a good idea, given the anomalies there and the close margin that result is also questionable.

I agree with this.  Since the primary result is also questionable, a new primary would be the fairest thing for the voters of the district.  Yeah, the NCGOP is probably doing it for partisan reasons, but sometimes people end up doing good things even from poor motivations (the flip side is also true, sometimes they do bad things from good motivations). 

[GeorgiaModerate]

Funny line in CNN story on NC-09:

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[Antonio the Sixth]

A new primary may actually be a good idea, given the anomalies there and the close margin that result is also questionable.

I agree with this.  Since the primary result is also questionable, a new primary would be the fairest thing for the voters of the district.  Yeah, the NCGOP is probably doing it for partisan reasons, but sometimes people end up doing good things even from poor motivations (the flip side is also true, sometimes they do bad things from good motivations). 

There is a rule of law issue about changing the rules while the game is ongoing. I agree that this change is needed but it still shouldn't apply to retroactively to this election.

[Virginiá]

There is a rule of law issue about changing the rules while the game is ongoing. I agree that this change is needed but it still shouldn't apply to retroactively to this election.

If Cooper vetoes it, and I think that is possible and maybe even likely due to the changes to the ethics board, he has 10-30 days to veto it, depending on whether they adjourn the special session. So Cooper could waste time and if the SBOE calls for a new election before then, I'm not sure the courts would allow the legislature to change the rules after the fact (INAL obv)

[MichaelRbn]

If I recall correctly, the governor of North Carolina cannot veto proposed legislation.

[Virginiá]

If I recall correctly, the governor of North Carolina cannot veto proposed legislation.

He can veto things, it's just until January, the General Assembly can override him since Republicans have a super-majority. However Cooper can still technically veto it after waiting the maximum amount of time he has to consider bills.

[MichaelRbn]

OK.  Thanks.

[UncleSam]

Why would Cooper veto that outside of blatant partisan motivation though? There always should’ve been a rerun of the primary in such an instance.

[Virginiá]

Why would Cooper veto that outside of blatant partisan motivation though? There always should’ve been a rerun of the primary in such an instance.

The primary stuff is only one part of a larger bill, iirc. Other parts include the legislature 5th attempt at taking away ethics board control from the governor (notable as one or both GA leaders appear to have ethics problems), trying to change how the judicial panels for redistricting cases are picked (to align with their judicial district gerrymandering of course), and no doubt other last-minute power grabs.

[RogueBeaver]

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."

[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.

[NewYorkExpress]

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.

Harris's fellow North Carolina Republicans should push him off the pier at Cape Hatteras for (probably) blowing a seat that they would've won with Pittenger as the nominee.

[Antonio the Sixth]

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."

...OK, he's in real trouble.