After the 2016 election, a spate of similarly-worded voter “protests” signed with the names of NC citizens and accusing other North Carolinians of fraud popped up across #NC.
See: https://www.facingsouth.org/2017/04/prominent-va-politician-implicated-nc-gop-voter-fraud-deceit ….
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There was a hotly contested Gov. race, and it seemed unlikely that so many North Carolinians would use the *exact* same language on these forms, so I was concerned & started attending
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I went to the 12.3.16 NCSBOE meeting regarding a “protest” filed by the Soil & Water Supervisor for Bladen Co., McCrae Dowless, alleging absentee ballots mailed by the Bladen Co. Improvement Association were fraudulent.
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It started to become clear that the evidence against the Improvement Association, which was mostly African American voters, was flimsy. Mr. Dowless was asked to testify about the “protest” he had filed – and then things got weird.
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Outgoing Gov. McCrory had a gaggle of attorneys at the meeting, who started asking if Dowless would be immune to prosecution & said they wanted to be clear Dowless would not “waive his 5th Amendment rights.”
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Remember – Dowless was at the hearing because HE had made an accusation of “voter fraud” against someone else.
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Dowless (who had WON his election) then went on to testify and that he had talked to the Bladen Co. Republican Chairman about what he thought were a lot of “write ins” for Soil & Water Supervisor, and the Chairman said, “‘I will make a call’.
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Dowless went on, "Next day, Steve from McCrory campaign called me – I spoke to him on the phone.” Dowless did not know Steve's last name.
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One of the McCrory lawyers then objected to Dowless testifying about talking to “Steve from the McCrory campaign” because of “attorney-client privilege.” Note that DOWLESS is NOT an attorney.
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Dowless won’t say how he got the information for his accusation against Bladen Co. Improvement Association – but instead said he is “taking the 5th”.
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Dowless was asked about affidavits incorporated in his complaint that, basically, allege that “Caitlyn and Matthew” requested absentee ballots on behalf voters for pay & then possibly voted those ballots themselves.
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Dowless then says that Caitlyn Croom and her friend Matthew worked for him!!!
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Dowless proceeds to chronical a mysterious saga involving things like meetings in a van in the Burger King parking lot with Caityn & Matthew (who is sometimes called Josh), and a PAC in Bladen Co. whose president was killed.
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The “protest” against Bladen Improvement Assoc. was dismissed, and then the BOE voted to send all of the evidence to the US Attorney in the Federal District of Eastern North Carolina.
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There was a lot more. You can read the transcript: https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/State_Board_Meeting_Docs/2016-12-03/Transcript_of_Hearing.pdf …
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I became fairly obsessed with this story because there were several aspects I found shocking, but I never found out what happened next. I don't know if the US Atty investigated.
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You can read the "protest", the affidavits & other materials submitted to the NCSBOE here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/State_Board_Meeting_Docs/2016-12-03/BoardBook_2016-12-03.pdf …
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UPDATE: The current allegations re:
#NC09 involve the SAME GUY!#NC9https://twitter.com/JoeBrunoWSOC9/status/1068269893412364289 …Prikaži ovu nit -
I typed up my notes about Dowless & Bladen County at the time - but it is kinda LONG
(I may have gotten a* little bit* obsessed with the story
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Nothing about the current story should be a surprise. There were reports of individuals in SE North Carolina misrepresenting themselves as elections officials in August of this year. https://www.ncsbe.gov/press-releases?udt_2226_param_detail=200 …
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