{"id":2228893,"date":"2024-04-24T08:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T12:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-democrat-claims-county-officials-bribed-voters-to-support-his-primary-opponent\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T08:20:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T12:20:37","slug":"north-carolina-democrat-claims-county-officials-bribed-voters-to-support-his-primary-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-democrat-claims-county-officials-bribed-voters-to-support-his-primary-opponent\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina Democrat Accuses County Officials of Bribing Voters for Rival Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorth-carolina-democrat-claims-county-officials-bribed-voters-to-support-his-primary-opponent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2228893&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Allegations of election bribery in Robeson County, NC&#8217;s\u2063 Democrat\u2063 primary\u2063 involve Commissioners Wixie Stephens and Judy Sampson. Accused of paying \u200bresidents to vote for Sampson in the March 5 primary, the complaint includes details of\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shockingly-appalling-jen-psaki-slammed-after-laughing-at-those-concerned-with-soft-on-crime-policy-consequences\/\" title=\"\u2018Shockingly Appalling\u2019: Jen Psaki Slammed After Laughing At Those Concerned With \u2018Soft-On-Crime\u2019 Policy Consequences\">illegal behaviors<\/a>. Despite a recount \u2062showing \u200cSampson&#8217;s win, ongoing appeals highlight voter irregularities and alleged misconduct. The complaint alleges bribing at \u200bleast 21 voters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Allegations of election bribery have engulfed a local Democrat primary in Robeson County, North Carolina. <\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/725908673\/Lacy-Cummings-Election-Complaint\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">complaint<\/a> filed Thursday in Wake County Superior Court, Democrat Lacy Cummings accused Democrat Commissioners Wixie Stephens and Judy Sampson of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robesonian.com\/news\/300546\/two-robeson-county-commissioners-are-accused-of-bribing-voters-in-primary-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">paying<\/a> local residents to vote for Sampson during the state\u2019s March 5 primary elections. Nine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-canvassers-rescind-their-votes-to-certify-wayne-county-michigan-results\/\" title=\"Republican Canvassers Rescind Their Votes to Certify Wayne County, Michigan, Results\">signed affidavits<\/a> attached to the complaint allege that Stephens engaged in illegal behaviors ranging from paying people to vote for Sampson to using her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pop-culture-warriors-alex-stein\/\" title=\"Pop Culture Warriors: Alex Stein\">bail bond company<\/a> to bribe voters with promises of bail help. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1362334190\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-fed6863b2ec791af8363db851e7b45a5 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-fed6863b2ec791af8363db851e7b45a5\"><\/div>\n<p>Results from that election and a March 27 recount indicate Sampson \u2014 the incumbent \u2014 defeated Cummings by five votes, 875 to 870, in the Democrat primary for the commissioners\u2019 District 5 seat. <\/p>\n<p>Cummings filed an \u201cInitial Protest\u201d form on March 15 alleging \u201ctwo incidents involving voters in his district being directed to vote more than once and out of district by a sitting County Commissioner [Stephens] believed to be working for Sampson\u2019s campaign, who also incidentally also drove these voters to the two different polls to cast two different ballots.\u201d Cummings said he requested the Robeson County Board of Elections hear his allegations during its provisional canvassing meeting, but that the board declined to hear the claims and subsequently dismissed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russians-hold-flashlight-protests-in-support-of-navalny\/\" title=\"Russians hold \u2018flashlight protests\u2019 in support of Navalny\">protest form<\/a> on March 27. <\/p>\n<p>This prompted Cummings to file an appeal with the North Carolina State Board of Elections on April 1. The state board\u2019s Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell administratively denied Cummings\u2019 appeal on April 5.<\/p>\n<p>  Cummings claimed in Thursday\u2019s complaint that he and his team \u201ccontinued to be approached by members of the electorate and continued work to uncover additional instances of voter irregularity, or worse\u201d while his appeals were pending before the Robeson County and North Carolina election boards. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4dc268536434b762fae3326d098cd1c6 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4dc268536434b762fae3326d098cd1c6\"><\/div>\n<p>Included in Cummings\u2019 complaint are signed affidavits from purported Robeson County voters alleging Sampson and Stephens engaged in vote-buying during the election cycle. One resident who gave the name Gwen Woods alleged that Stephens gave her a $160 personal check signed by Sampson \u201cto pay 11 voters that I told Ms. Stephens I had taken to vote.\u201d Another, Christy Jones, claimed Stephens paid her $15 per voter she transported to vote for Sampson. <\/p>\n<p>An affidavit from Kalem Sampson attested to receiving $60 from Stephens to vote for Judy Sampson and another $80 \u201cto pay four other voters to vote for\u201d Sampson. Similarly, a person named Maggie Woods claimed Stephens had paid her \u201c$60 cash to vote for Judy Sampson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An affidavit signed by Trent Locklear claimed Stephens had offered to pay him $15 to vote for Sampson and also that she had paid his twin brother to vote for Sampson. \u201cI witnessed Ms. Stephens paying several voters to vote for Ms. Judy Sampson,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/she-claimed-she-was-raped-then-she-admitted-she-lied-to-cover-up-an-affair\/\" title=\"She Claimed She Was Raped. Then She Admitted She Lied To Cover Up An Affair.\">affidavit claimed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A person named Paul Hunt claimed Stephens had paid his grandson $40 to vote for Sampson and had \u201ctransported\u201d him to get a tribal card. An affidavit from Paula Ann Hunt alleged that \u201cMs. Wixie Stephens transported me to the Raft Swamp polling site to vote. Ms. Stephens paid me $25 to vote for Ms. Judy Sampson. Ms. Stephens also purchased a seafood plate for me from Get N Go Grill [and] told me [if] I ever went back to jail she would bail me out for free if I voted for\u201d Sampson.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-07edf7482fc954068c5fdf5096ea4cd8 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-07edf7482fc954068c5fdf5096ea4cd8\"><\/div>\n<p>Similarly, an affidavit signed by Kaitlyn Woods said that Stephens, who owns a bail company, had previously bailed her out of jail but waived her monthly bail repayment of $200 for the month of February in return for voting for Sampson.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, a person named Jamie Oxendine claimed that \u201cWixie Stephens promised $20 per voter for voting for Ms. Judy Sampson. We had four votes. \u2026 The four votes were myself, Jessica Locklear, my son Jayden Oxendine\u201d and a fourth illegible name.<\/p>\n<p>Cummings said he did not have access to these testimonials until after he filed his initial protest form on March 15, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese allegations, if true, would each substantiate the probable occurrence of an outcome-determinative defect in the manner in which voters were counted or results tabulated, and also the probable occurrence of an outcome-determinative violation of election law, irregularity, or misconduct,\u201d the complaint reads. <\/p>\n<p>Stephens and Sampson are accused of bribing at least 21 voters, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robesonian.com\/news\/300546\/two-robeson-county-commissioners-are-accused-of-bribing-voters-in-primary-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Robesonian<\/a>. Stephens has denied \u201cpay[ing] voters or assist[ing] with their bail payments,\u201d according to the outlet, but did acknowledge she \u201cwas working on Sampson\u2019s re-election campaign this spring.\u201d When pressed on the matter, she called Cummings \u201ca habitual, unequivocal liar.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Cummings has asked the court to issue a stay on the certification of the election results and an order allowing him to present his findings on the record. He urged the court to \u201cmake findings of felonious fraudulent activity by Stephens [and] Sampson\u201d and also requested \u201cthe votes currently tabulated in the race \u2026 be recounted giving any and all proper deference to the irregularities and improprieties described\u201d in his complaint. <\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"Lacy Cummings Election Complaint\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/725908673\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;access_key=key-oTux5PzCk3SeJF950SVg\" tabindex=\"0\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7729220222793488\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"   margin: 12px auto 6px auto;   font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;   font-style: normal;   font-variant: normal;   font-weight: normal;   font-size: 14px;   line-height: normal;   font-size-adjust: none;   font-stretch: normal;   -x-system-font: none;   display: block;\"><a title=\"View Lacy Cummings Election Complaint on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/725908673\/Lacy-Cummings-Election-Complaint#from_embed\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lacy Cummings Election Comp\u2026<\/a> by <a title=\"View The Federalist's profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/274202084\/The-Federalist#from_embed\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Federalist<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1fb9f3c98ca4904608df4d334f36989e fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1fb9f3c98ca4904608df4d334f36989e\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allegations of election bribery shake Robeson County, NC&#8217;s Democrat primary. Lacy Cummings filed a complaint in Wake County Superior Court, accusing Commissioners Wixie Stephens and Judy Sampson of paying locals to vote for Sampson in the March 5 primary elections. 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