For the past two decades, Americans have consistently exhibited a “winner’s effect” in judging whether votes were counted fairly in elections. The 2018 election broke that pattern. In particular, prior to 2018, it was common for voters who identified with the prevailing party in a federal election to acquire much […] Read more »
Voting By Mail Is On The Rise, But Could Alleged N.C. Election Fraud Change That?
When it comes to election fraud, the “voting twice by dressing up with a different hat” tactic that President Trump talks about almost never happens. What actually does happen, as allegedly illustrated in the race for North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, is vote-by-mail fraud. “The consensus, among people who study […] Read more »
Mapped: Why Voting Anomalies Are Impossible to Ignore in North Carolina
After a long election season, there is just one House race left where the result remains in serious doubt: North Carolina’s Ninth Congressional District. The state’s Board of Elections has refused to certify the narrow 905-vote lead that the Republican, Mark Harris, holds over the Democrat, Dan McCready, and is […] Read more »
North Carolina Republicans Targeted Voter Fraud. Did They Look at the Wrong Kind?
It was a triumphant moment for North Carolina Republicans in 2013 when they enacted one of the nation’s most aggressive voter-identification laws. The measure would combat voter fraud, they argued — though, as federal courts later ruled, it would almost certainly reduce African-American Democratic turnout. At the same time, the […] Read more »
Why the case for election fraud in North Carolina is strong
The North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics last week voted against certifying Republican Mark Harris’ 905 vote win over Democrat Dan McCready in the state’s 9th Congressional District. In the days since, allegations of election fraud involving absentee mail-in ballots have been made public. The case for election […] Read more »
What The Heck Is Happening In That North Carolina House Race?
After three weeks of waiting, we thought every U.S. House race in the country was finally decided. No such luck. FiveThirtyEight has uncalled the North Carolina 9th District — an extremely close race that we thought the Republican had won — in light of allegations of voter fraud that, it […] Read more »