North Carolina Elections

1. What was the result of this election in November 2019?

A ballot tampering scheme tainted the fairness.

2. What do the state investigators accuse Leslie Dowless of doing to alter the election?

"Leslie McCrae Dowless, directed a coordinated scheme to unlawfully collect, falsely witness, and otherwise tamper with absentee ballots"

3. What amendment gave Mr Dowless the right to refuse to testify to the investigators?

5th amendment

4. What power does the state have to solve this problematic election?

The state can call a new election.

5. What did Mr Dowless do to absentee ballots in order to help the Republican candidate?

"State investigators said Dowless had used absentee ballot request forms for prior elections to “pre-fill” forms for the 2018 election and sent out workers to find the voters so they could sign the forms and request a ballot — they described this as “Phase One.”"

6. What is the makeup of the state election board and how does that ensure fairness?

Three Democrats and two republicans- bipartisan nature

7. What did the group do with incomplete and unsealed absentee ballots?

"Britt testified that if the ballots were left unsealed and there were elections left blank, she would fill in some of the empty offices — again, this was done to avoid arousing suspicion from state election officials. "

8. Why is there no danger of prosecution for Mark Harris, the Republican candidate?

Mark Harris did not do those things.