In case you haven't already added "ballot harvesting" to the list of right-wing dog whistles, please do.
It just means collecting people's absentee ballots! It's not a thing! https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1307067070283218952
It just means collecting people's absentee ballots! It's not a thing! https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1307067070283218952
They call it "harvesting" to make it sound sinister, but the typical case is a wife dropping off a ballot for her husband or a child helping out with their elderly parents. It's an offshoot of the voter fraud myth. Don't fall for this!
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ballot-harvesting-collection-absentee-voting-explained-rules/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ballot-harvesting-collection-absentee-voting-explained-rules/
The case in North Carolina has nothing to do with harvesting ballots. The dude instructed other people to forge signatures!
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/30/746800630/north-carolina-gop-operative-faces-new-felony-charges-that-allege-ballot-fraud
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/30/746800630/north-carolina-gop-operative-faces-new-felony-charges-that-allege-ballot-fraud