my congestion s gone. i can breathe again! ahhhh i can breathe again! ughh.. vicks sinex, breathe on today in the house, 235 democrats, 199 republicans kicked off the 116th congress. there are 435 seats in congress. so with some quick math, that leaves one seat empty. and that empty seat is for north carolina s 9th congressional district. in that district, the election results from november are still not certified. the results now have the republican mark harris leading
partially filled out ballots from voters and filled out the rest before submitting them. on top of that, cnn counts 1680 ballots requested but not returned in the 9th district. that s a lot of ballots. dowless has denied wrongdoing to the charlotte observer and harris s campaign has denied any knowledge of potentially illegal behavior that took place on his behalf. but if these allegations are true, the outcome of that race may have been impacted. and that is why as of tonight this seat is still not filled. once the allegations of fraud came to light, the state s election board did not move to certify the results. and they failed to certify the results before the board dissolved last week. and here s where it gets really tricky. the state dissolved the elections board last month as part of an ongoing and separate legal battle about its makeup. there is a new law governing the board that goes into effect at the end of the month. then the board can move to certify results. but in the mea
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herself. i signed the ballot and she left. it was not sealed up at the time. the guy allegedly at the center of these shenanigans is named mcrae dallas. he was personally hired by republican candidate mark harris. what s amazing is that dowless was at the center of a mail-in ballot keep in 2016. he even got on this american life about it. state elections officials even referred mcrae dowless and his ballot scam to federal prosecutors after the 2016 election, but it doesn t appear anything ever came of it. and as all of this began to come out after last month s election, what had looked like a razor-thin victory for an upstart republican in north carolina s 9th district has become a giant mess, going all the way back to the primary. people also started raising questions about mark harris narrow victory there. so the north carolina elections board opened an investigation. that board has the power to order a new election if they
and the upshot of this court battle over republicans democracy defying power grab two years ago is just now, today a court ordered the state elections board dissolved. so right in the middle of this investigation into this still up in the air congressional race, less than a week before the new congress convenes in washington, as of noon today, there is no more north carolina state board of elections. and as that board goes up in smoke, the position of mark harris and the north carolina republican party appears to have solidified into outright opposition to any further investigation. even though earlier this month they were expressing concern about fraud and saying they were open to new election, today north carolina republicans are demanding that mark harris be seated in the new congress next week, saying that he was duly elected, and that there will never be a new election. well, governor cooper announced today he will appoint an interim board of elections to continue