North Carolina

N Carolina elections official: Some documents were forged

By EMERY P. DALESIO, Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2018 file photo Republican Mark Harris speaks to the media during a news conference in Matthews, N.C. The North Carolina board investigating allegations of ballot fraud in a still-unresolved congressional race between Harris and Democrat Dan McCready could be disbanded Friday, Dec. 28 under a state court ruling in a protracted legal battle about how the panel operates. The state Elections Board has refused to certify the race between Harris and McCready while it investigates absentee ballot irregularities in the congressional district stretching from the Charlotte area through several counties to the east. Harris holds a slim lead in unofficial results, but election officials are looking into criminal allegations against an operative hired by the Harris campaign. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

By EMERY P. DALESIO, Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina elections official in the county where fraud allegations have forestalled declaring a winner in the nation's last undecided congressional race says some requests for mail-in ballots were forged.

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Bladen County Elections Board Chairman Bobby Ludlum said in a sworn affidavit released Friday that three absentee ballot request forms submitted in the 2018 general election were forged. The Republican elections official said they were among 165 requests dropped off by a woman whom he didn't identify. He said one of the forged requests was for one of his relatives, who hadn't asked for it.

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People working on behalf of both Republican congressional candidate Mark Harris and Democrat Dan McCready submitted multiple requests for absentee ballots, which is legal.

Harris narrowly leads in the 9th Congressional District race.

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