He proved it by, among other misdeeds, stealing public money, packing the state payroll with his friends and relatives, stuffing the ballot boxes and ruining his political rivals.Long's spite was savage.
In North Carolina, only the voter or a "close relative" can return a ballot.
State law only allows a voter or their "near relative" to turn in an absentee ballot.
Instead, due to the relative ease in getting on the ballot, over 130 people filed papers to run.
When Dr. Klapper's relatives saw his name on the ballot, they were irate.
But he concluded: "Without question there were irregularities relative to the requests for absentee ballots.
In Oregon, anyone can do it; in California, only a relative is allowed to bring someone's ballot to a polling place.
It's illegal for anyone in North Carolina, other than a "close relative," to take custody of an absentee ballot.
Sentencing reform advocates in the state noticed Harris' relative silence on Proposition 47, a 2014 ballot initiative to reduce most nonviolent crimes to misdemeanors and to help reduce the state's prison population.
The newly counted ballots have also shifted the relative order of the states.
