New Election Ordered in North Carolina Race at Center of Fraud Inquiry

(New York Times) North Carolina officials on Thursday ordered a new contest in the Ninth Congressional District after the Republican candidate confronted by evidence that his campaign had financed an illegal voter-turnout effort called for a new election. The unanimous ruling by the five-member Board of Elections was a startling and for Republicans embarrassing conclusion to a case that has convulsed North Carolina since November. Read More