N.C gop leader twice threatened and attempted to bully elections official

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A local GOP leader in North Carolina attempted to intimidate a county elections chief unless she aided in giving him unauthorized access to official voting equipment, according to Reuters.

William Keith Senter, chairman of the Surry County Republican Party, told the elections chief she would be terminated from her position or suffer a pay cut if she failed to give him access. Senter intended to use the equipment to compile evidence to back up unfounded assertions that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from former President Donald Trump, Reuters reported.

Mark Payne, an attorney brought on by the Surry County Board of Elections, wrote last week that it was illegal to give unauthorized individuals admittance in accessing voting equipment. Also, per a North Carolina statute, the intimidation of an election officer can result in an individual confronting potential felony charges.

According to the board, Senter and Douglas Frank — who also espouses election conspiracy theories — both saw Huff on March 28, alleging that "there was a 'chip' in the voting machines that pinged a cellular phone tower on Nov. 3, 2020, and somehow influenced election results."

The board blasted the claim as "fabricated disinformation," per the report.

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threatened her job if she refused his unauthorised access to the machines and, through another party, threatened a salary cut even though he has no jurisdiction over her position; that rests with the state elections board itself.

acts of integrity (of simply performing her job properly) such as hers shouldn't need to be labeled 'brave' but in today's climate of oppressive action by some overstepping their level of power it actually was. sad times, brought about by the A-OK t's entire persona as president provided. Not only provided, but encouraged.