Cases in Florida and a survey of prosecutions nationally indicate that despite the furor over voter fraud, prosecutions remain exceedingly rare and penalties vary wildly.
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A composite photo of former Gov. Pat McCrory (left) and current Gov. Roy Cooper (right) during the final gubernatorial debate on October 18, 2016.
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A group of congressional Republicans this week attempted to overturn election results in a handful of states, using baseless claims of fraud surrounding absentee mail ballots.
Their efforts did not include North Carolina because President Trump narrowly won the state.
But some of the issues cited in states like Pennsylvania over expanded absentee mail ballots were also at play in North Carolina. The 2020 fight over mail voting in North Carolina capped off a years-long fight over voting access and allegations of fraud.
An Onslow County man heard his sentence read to him in a Craven County courthouse on Tuesday where the judge issued a lengthy prison term for his involvement with selling drugs.
Cyle Wesley Norris, 30, was sentenced to 9 years (112 months) after being found guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture/substance containing methamphetamine and two counts of distribution of a quantity of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine.
Norris, who became a convicted felon in 2009 after being found guilty of felony breaking and entering in Onslow, was caught selling methamphetamine to an undercover officer working with the Onslow County Sheriff s Office in Richlands on Dec. 20, 2019.