 Lisa Britt, the daughter of Dowless's ex-wife, testified that under Dowless's direction, not only had absentee ballots been unlawfully collected from voters, but that in some cases Dowless's associates had filled in blank ballot votes to favor Republican candidates and had falsified witness signatures.Bladen County, where Dowless had operated, had been the only county in which Harris had prevailed over McCready in the absentee ballot results.Harris's son, who is a federal prosecutor, told the board that he had repeatedly warned his father about Dowless and that Dowless might be involved in illegal activities.