North Carolina
In reply to the discussion: Something Happened in NC - Martin County NC - A Heavily Democratic County [View all]wildeyed
(11,243 posts)Yes, Dalton could easily be more popular than McCrory. Dalton served for years in the legislature and was a good country boy from Rutherfordton. These people all voted for Easley and that crew too. NC is historically not a straight ticket state. Party affiliation only came to be important since Obama won our EVs and all the white people who don't live in Charlotte or the Triangle flipped out and fucking Kochs spent 10's of millions fucking us over and turning us against each other.
It's a rural 50/50 black/white county. That means it is basically a swing district. People earn around 15k per capita. That is all you really need to know to understand that their vote tallies in 2016 were completely inside the margin of error.
And besides the NAACP, Democracy NC or any of the other excellent voting rights groups active in the state would have damn well said something if there was even a WHISPER of a chance that what you posted were true. Trust me. They are on it.
On the other hand, this unhack the vote "Mike Farb" guy doesn't seem to exist. The website is a recent wordpress with no identifying information about who runs it or funds it. Mike Farbs show up on Google search, but none associated with the organization. I could search the web domain registration info to see if it is one of them, but boring and it is probably a private registration anyway.
Dallas Woodhouse is crazier than a shit house rat. He can talk trash, but is not capable of the sustained mental focus that hacking voting machines would take. He would get drunk, forget and go on a 1 AM Twitter rant. And besides, the NC GOP is VERY successful at stealing elections 'legally' with gerrymandering and voter suppression work. Why would they do something this risky, even if they were capable. Dude, they are not that bright. They get help from the national party and Kochs to draw their districts and write their nasty legislation, but on a day-to-day basis, they are not capable of what you are speculating.
And there IS NO PROOF. This is a really serious allegation. There needs to be proof, just like THEY need to prove it when they allege voter fraud. Without proof, these types of allegation just degrade the public trust in democracy, which is the GOAL of the GOP, etc. Why are you playing along?