A congressman made unfounded allegations of voter fraud in eastern North Carolina on Tuesday morning when he announced his plans to vote against the certification of the presidential election.
The Republican Rep. Greg Murphy, who represents the 3rd District of Congress in eastern North Carolina, said he would object to ratifying the Electoral College’s votes for President-elect Joe Biden.
Murphy announced for the first time on Tuesday morning in a conservative radio program on WTIB in Greenville.
Murphy reiterates false allegations of voter fraud in states like Pennsylvania and Georgia, adding an unfounded North Carolina claim.
‘I really believe that fraud took place during this election. I know it happened in the 3rd district. I really know that, ”he said on the program.
A good friend in the northeast corner stayed with a family member in a nursing home during the COVID crisis. “They are not allowed to enter, but people who went to the old age home and got signatures, registered to vote for one party, got access,” Murphy said on Tuesday morning.
Although Murphy alleges fraud, people who register others to vote are not illegal. In fact, it is a common practice for volunteers and staff of both political parties to make registrations for voters.
Asked to clarify the allegation, Murphy told Spectrum News 1 that a Chowan County voter was concerned that a family member had voted in a nursing home. The woman, according to Murphy, is “essentially disabled, has never voted before, and a group called MAT was admitted into the nursing home, the person registered, who had never been registered to vote before, and voted. “
Murphy said the Chowan County Electoral Board investigated the complaint and cast the ballot.
However, according to Terrence Meyers, election director of Chowan County, this is not true. He knew of the voter involved and he said the vote was not cast.
“There’s no voter fraud here,” Meyers said. “There’s nothing to hide here.”
He said the woman’s voice was counted. He said the woman knows her name and her birthday and that she is eligible for the November election.
The ‘MAT’ group that Murphy said helped the woman vote, Meyers said, is a team with the County Board of Elections called a ‘Multipartisan Assistance Team’ that helps people with disabilities to vote. .
“It was my best MAT team,” Meyers said in an interview with Spectrum News on Tuesday.
Data on voter complaints provided by the North Carolina Board of Elections show no issues with potential fraudulent voters in Chowan County.
Murphy will join at least four other Republican members of North Carolina’s House delegation, who have publicly said they will object to the election result.
Electoral officials and courts across the country have rejected several attempts by President Donald Trump to reject the outcome of the election, which Joe Biden won, by large margins in the votes of the Electoral College and the popular vote.
Spectrum News 1 reporter Kevin Frey contributed coverage from Washington.