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    In rural North Carolina, a congressional race remains undecided as voting investigation widens

    by Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times Dec 06, 2018 6 minutes

    BLADEN COUNTY, N.C. - When a woman with bleach-blond hair and tattooed arms knocked on Datesha Montgomery's front door, telling her she was collecting mail-in absentee ballots, the stay-at-home mom did not ask too many questions.

    Montgomery had not yet filled out her ballot, so she grabbed a pen and started going through the candidates. The 27-year-old had only made selections in two races when the woman became fidgety, saying she was running late for a Bible study class.

    "I asked her, 'Do I need to fill the rest of it out?' " Montgomery said. "She told me, no - the rest wasn't important. She would send it off for me."

    It wasn't until just before Election Day that she realized her ballot was never turned in.

    A month after the Nov. 6 general election, North Carolina's 9th Congressional District race is still in limbo as state election officials widen an investigation

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