Absentee ballot
The board’s executive director said an operative for candidate Mark Harris tried to conceal illegal acts with absentee ballots.
In a nationally watched probe, state officials are examining allegations of election fraud apparently involving absentee ballots.
Jens Lutz says the board received multiple forged requests for absentee ballots, including one on behalf of a dead person.
Two of McCrae Dowless' employees told state investigators he paid them in 2016 to collect absentee ballots and coached them to lie about it.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Gov. Scott Walker (R) on Friday signed a law that capped early voting at two weeks.
New evidence appears to connect controversial political operative McCrae Dowless to Robeson County, which also reported unusual ballot data.
The congressional candidate has slammed alleged absentee ballot fraud and has called on Republican rival Mark Harris to "tell us exactly what he knew."
Republican officials may have had an indication of electoral fraud as early as 2016, The Washington Post reports.
NC GOP's Dallas Woodhouse said the GOP would “fully support" the idea if it's found absentee ballot irregularities likely changed the outcome of a House race.
One woman who gave evidence to the state said she was scared what would happen to her.