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NCSBE says 103K voters need to fix registration
The North Carolina State Board of Elections said around 103,000 people have to update their voter registration form because it is missing information. The state created this database to search your name to see if you are impacted. ALSO READ: North Carolina to send mailers to about 200,000 voters asking for missing registration info 'Ever since taking this position, I've said we are going to fix this problem and bring North Carolina into compliance with state and federal law,' NCSBE Executive Director Sam Hayes said. NCSBE Executive Director Sam Hayes said for years NCSBE used a registration form that didn't make it clear to people that you need to provide either your driver's license number or the last four digits of your social security number. You may have heard of this problem because of litigation by former State Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin. He unsuccessfully attempted to discard ballots with missing information. Many of these voters had no idea there was any issue with their registration form. Voters can fix their registration forms through the DMV's website or by visiting their local board of election. In August, the state will send a letter to everyone with missing information. Voters will be able to fill out the form and mail it back in a preaddressed return envelope that is enclosed. With municipal elections approaching, election officials want voters to make sure they are in the clear. 'We've gone to great lengths to make this process as straightforward and transparent as possible,' Hayes said. If you don't fix the issue in time, you won't be turned away when you vote. But you'll have to cast a provisional ballot. The state board will then verify your information before counting it. For more information, click here. VIDEO: Part 1: The Political Beat with Ch. 9's Joe Bruno (July 20, 2025) Solve the daily Crossword
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21-03-2025
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With two guilty pleas, NC9 election fraud saga comes to an end
After years of investigation and controversy, Channel 9 has confirmed the election fraud investigation into the 2018 9th Congressional District election has come to an end. Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman confirmed Lisa Britt and Woody Hester both pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the investigation. Britt and Hester were working for Bladen County political operative McCrae Dowless. Dowless worked in the 2018 congressional race for then-Republican candidate Mark Harris, who appeared to have received the most votes in the general election for the 9th District seat in south-central North Carolina. But as Channel 9 discovered, allegations against Dowless surfaced, and testimony and other information revealed at a State Board of Elections hearing described him running an illegal 'ballot harvesting' operation for the 2018 general election in Bladen County. According to testimony, Dowless and his helpers gathered up hundreds of absentee ballots from voters by offering to put them in the mail. RELATED: Election fraud suspect in 9th District pleads guilty; 4 others still due in court Britt and Hester were two of the workers facing charges for their roles in the scheme. Dowless died before facing a judge. All other workers pleaded guilty. Lisa Britt testified against Dowless at the NCSBE hearing. She also cooperated with the investigation. As a result, DA Freeman did not require her to do community service as part of her sentence. She is on unsupervised probation for 12 months. Hester pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess absentee ballot. He was sentenced to 100 hours of community service. ALSO READ >> Man at center of District 9 election fraud investigation dies after battle with cancer Because of the fraud, NCSBE unanimously voted to hold a new Congressional election for what was then the 9th Congressional District. Republican Mark Harris opted to not run. Dan Bishop defeated Democratic candidate Dan McCready. Harris ran for Congress again in 2024. He won the race for the 8th Congressional District, which now includes many of the counties that were in the 9th District in 2018. (VIDEO: House candidate Mark Harris speaks to Ch. 9 for first time since ballot fraud scandal)
