[EL] ELB News and Commentary 2/19/18

Mon Feb 18 19:46:33 PST 2019

#NC09 Pic of the Day: Dowless Allegedly Gave Stepdaughter Script on How to Plead the 5th<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103662>
Posted on February 18, 2019 7:44 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103662> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
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This PAST THURSDAY, Dowless gave BRITT and her mother a letter, at his house, Britt says. #NC09<https://twitter.com/hashtag/NC09?src=hash>
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This paper is what Dowless gave them and told them to say, Britt says. pic.twitter.com/dJ9kBHolq2<https://t.co/dJ9kBHolq2>
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“Operative at center of NC election fraud hearing won’t testify”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103660>
Posted on February 18, 2019 7:29 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103660> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

News & Observer:<https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article226263575.html>

The stepdaughter of a Bladen County political operative detailed how she said his ballot harvesting operation worked on the first day of a hearing Monday into voting irregularities in the unresolved 2018 election in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District.

Lisa Britt, whose mother was married to Leslie McCrae Dowless in the early 1990s, testified that Dowless paid workers to collect absentee ballot request forms and mail-in absentee ballots and drop them off at his office and his home.
She said Dowless and others made copies of request forms and had specific criteria for matching pen colors, where to mail ballots from, how many to mail at a time and even how to place stamps to avoid setting off alarms.
“He fussed at me for putting on stamps upside down,” Britt testified before the N.C. Board of Elections. “We didn’t want to throw up a red flag.”

Dowless, at the center of the controversy, declined to testify late in the day Monday. His attorney, Cynthia Adams Singletary, said he would only testify if granted immunity. When the board refused, Dowless was allowed to leave.
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Evidence of Major Illegal Activity Connected to #NC09 Election in Bladen County Coming Out at North Carolina Hearing: I Expect Board to Order New Election<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103658>
Posted on February 18, 2019 10:20 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103658> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Follow Joe Bruno<https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1097511059743797253.html> at the hearing.

I’ll be very surprised if the board does not vote for a new election given what we are seeing so far.
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Center for Public Integrity Does Deep Dive into Donald Trump’s Campaign Fundraising Machine<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103655>
Posted on February 18, 2019 10:15 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103655> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Donald Trump created a permanent presidential campaign. Here’s how. – Center for Public Integrity<https://publicintegrity.org/federal-politics/donald-trump-president-campaign-money-fundraising/>

Sidebar: https://publicintegrity.org/federal-politics/donald-trump-army-super-pacs-maga-nonprofits/

Inside Donald Trump’s army of super PACs and MAGA nonprofits – Center for Public Integrity<https://publicintegrity.org/federal-politics/donald-trump-army-super-pacs-maga-nonprofits/>

Poll: https://publicintegrity.org/federal-politics/elections/center-for-public-i<https://publicintegrity.org/federal-politics/elections/center-for-public-integrity-ipsos-poll-elections-2019/>

Center for Public Integrity/Ipsos poll: How should presidential campaigns be regulated? – Center for Public Integrity<https://publicintegrity.org/federal-politics/elections/center-for-public-integrity-ipsos-poll-elections-2019/>

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