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>> so mark harris has said a new election could be called. lets listen again. >> mr. chairman, were offering this to show the three entries on this absentee return log were brought in by jennifer boyd, who worked for mccrae dowless and we believe these are all absentee requests that were gathered and paid for by mccrae dowless. >> and they number -- >> so mark harris, the republican who won the election, even though the election has not been certified, is now saying a new election should be call...

Ballots from voters. >> he hired workers, he paid cash to collect absentee requests, to collect absentee ballots and to falsify absentee ballot witness certification. >> they have turned down requests to testify after the board refused to grant him immunity against prosecution, but other witnesses say candidate harris had no new jersey of the alleged ballot meddling and that the board should certify his narrow victory because there arent enough pballots in question to change the race. but some a...

The political operative hired by the campaign of mark harris was responsible for an operation that inappropriately harvested ballots from voters in two rural counties. take a listen. >> that he paid cash to collect absentee requests, to collect absentee ballots and falsify absentee ballot witness certifications. >> he was called to testify but his attorney refused to put him on the stand after they would not grant him immunity. the stepdaughter testified that candidate harris was completely unaw...

>> dana: an election fraud scandal playing out in a hearing today in north carolina with the winner yet to be declared in the 9th congressional district three months after the midterm elections. garrett tenny is live in washington. what kind of election fraud are we talking about here? >> reporter: dana, north carolina election officials say theyve uncovered an absentee ballot scheme that may have tainted the race. unofficial results have shown the republican mark harris leading by 905 votes but...

Officials. big differential. im joined by senior staff attorney at southern coalition for social justice. thank you so much, alison. this is a troubling case. explain it now to somebody who has never heard anything about it, if you could. >> sure. what were seeing are allegations and significant evidence of voter theft, not voter fraud, but voter theft, particularly at voters of color. there are two pieces of this that are significant. one is the rate at which harris won the absentee vote in b...

What actions did they take? >> well, we dont know all of the details. what we know -- so, we dont know how all of these absentee requests got sent in. there was an abnormally high rate of absentee requests by mail. what we do know from the affidavit submitted by the democratic party is that voters in predominantly african-american, predominantly elderly communities were the ones targeted by these collectors and were told, you dont need to fill out this ballot, ill take it in for you, ill finish ...

House of representatives in 1976. he has spent more than 3 decades in congress. martha: why the low turnout? >> the secretary of state says they are seeing not as many absentee requests. not as many requests on the web site as far as polling places are concerned and he believes there hasnt been as much interest in the race as there has in previous campaigns. the prediction is there will be 1.6 million voter hitting the polls. that compared to the race brown won when 2.25 million went to the poll...

People are demanding answers from the administration. that will have a big impact in the state of wisconsin. >>chris: we will get to benghazi later in the discussion. senator udall i was surprised to learn close to 80 percent of voters in your state will vote before election day and romney catch says they are winning in absentee requests and early voting and they say they are will swinging the suburbs around denver that went for obama four years ago. >>guest: good morning, chris. we have a great...