CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ McCrae Dowless, the political operative at the center of the North Carolina 9th District election fraud case, has been indicted on charges related to collecting absentee ballots in the 2018 and 2016 elections.
Dowless has been arrested, Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman said Wednesday. He faces three felony charges of obstruction of justice, two charges of conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice and two charges of possession of absentee ballot.
Four other people _ Caitlyn E. Croom, Matthew Monroe Mathis, Tonia Gordon and Rebecca Thompson _ also face charges related to absentee ballot collection in Bladen County over the past two elections.
