North Carolina's elections director says there is evidence of significant voter fraud that helped a GOP candidate win

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• North Carolina's elections director says a Republican operative conducted an illegal and well-funded ballot-harvesting operation during 2018 elections. 
• State elections director Kim Strach's testimony came during a hearing into whether mail-in ballots were tampered with a in the race for the state's 9th congressional district seat last year. 
• The election saw Republican Mark Harris narrowly defeat Democrat Dan McCready.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Republican operative, who last year rounded up votes for a GOP candidate running for Congress, conducted an illegal and well-funded ballot-harvesting operation, North Carolina's elections director said on Monday.

The director's testimony came on the first day of a hearing into whether mail-in ballots were tampered with a in race for the state's 9th congressional district seat that saw Republican Mark Harris narrowly defeat Democrat Dan McCready.

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