1. What was the result of this election in November 2019? On Election Day, Republican Mark Harris led Democrat Dan McCready by fewer than 1,000 votes.
2. What do the state investigators accuse Leslie Dowless of doing to alter the election? They believe he 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? The 5th amendment because of no self-incrimination.4. What power does the state have to solve this problematic election? the board is able to call a new election if the basic fairness of the election was tainted. It doesn’t matter whether the number of votes in dispute would have been enough to swing the outcome.5. What did Mr. Dowless do to absentee ballots in order to help the Republican candidate? 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. 6. What is the makeup of the state election board and how does that ensure fairness? it is made up of three Democrats and two Republicans — had reconvened after Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper named new members amid an unrelated legal dispute.7. What did the group do with incomplete and unsealed absentee ballots? if the ballots were left unsealed and there were elections left blank, she would fill in some of the empty offices8. Why is there no danger of prosecution for Mark Harris, the Republican candidate? His name was never written in, not getting him any votes, and they repeatedly said that he had no idea about the plan.