North Carolina Democrat Claims County Officials Bribed Voters To Support His Primary Opponent

Allegations of election bribery have engulfed a local Democrat primary in Robeson County, North Carolina.

In a complaint filed Thursday in Wake County Superior Court, Democrat Lacy Cummings accused Democrat Commissioners Wixie Stephens and Judy Sampson of paying local residents to vote for Sampson during the state’s March 5 primary elections. Nine signed affidavits attached to the complaint allege that Stephens engaged in illegal behaviors ranging from paying people to vote for Sampson to using her bail bond company to bribe voters with promises of bail help.

Results from that election and a March 27 recount indicate Sampson — the incumbent — defeated Cummings by five votes, 875 to 870, in the Democrat primary for the commissioners’ District 5 seat.

Cummings filed

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