Michael Graff is the Southern bureau chief for Axios Charlotte. Nick Ochsner is executive producer and chief investigative reporter at WBTV in Charlotte, NC.

“On the heels of one of the most volatile presidential elections in recent memory, The Vote Collectors is a pointed look at the 2018 congressional election in North Carolina's Bladen County...[The book] uses this story to explore the weakness of current voting systems, specifically in the South, given the historical scars of racism in elections and voting rights...Recommended for readers interested in politics and American history, as well as the intersection of voting rights.” - Affinity Magazine“In The Vote Collectors, that scandal--which made national headlines for months--is secondary to a more comprehensive examination of its historical, economic, and political antecedents in Bladen County and oft-forgotten eastern North Carolina...The authors unfurl the story in three parts: a deep probe into the history of post-Civil War eastern North Carolina sandwiched by more recent developments in Bladen County, leading up to and after the 2018 election.” - Charlotte Magazine“A fascinating narrative of the long clash of racism and electioneering—and a larger story about the challenges to democracy in the rural South.” - WRAL

Michael Graff is the Southern bureau chief for Axios Charlotte. Nick Ochsner is executive producer and chief investigative reporter at WBTV in Charlotte, NC.

“On the heels of one of the most volatile presidential elections in recent memory, The Vote Collectors is a pointed look at the 2018 congressional election in North Carolina's Bladen County...[The book] uses this story to explore the weakness of current voting systems, specifically in the South, given the historical scars of racism in elections and voting rights...Recommended for readers interested in politics and American history, as well as the intersection of voting rights.” - Affinity Magazine“In The Vote Collectors, that scandal--which made national headlines for months--is secondary to a more comprehensive examination of its historical, economic, and political antecedents in Bladen County and oft-forgotten eastern North Carolina...The authors unfurl the story in three parts: a deep probe into the history of post-Civil War eastern North Carolina sandwiched by more recent developments in Bladen County, leading up to and after the 2018 election.” - Charlotte Magazine“A fascinating narrative of the long clash of racism and electioneering—and a larger story about the challenges to democracy in the rural South.” - WRAL

Michael Graff is the Southern bureau chief for Axios Charlotte. Nick Ochsner is executive producer and chief investigative reporter at WBTV in Charlotte, NC.

“On the heels of one of the most volatile presidential elections in recent memory, The Vote Collectors is a pointed look at the 2018 congressional election in North Carolina's Bladen County...[The book] uses this story to explore the weakness of current voting systems, specifically in the South, given the historical scars of racism in elections and voting rights...Recommended for readers interested in politics and American history, as well as the intersection of voting rights.” - Affinity Magazine“In The Vote Collectors, that scandal--which made national headlines for months--is secondary to a more comprehensive examination of its historical, economic, and political antecedents in Bladen County and oft-forgotten eastern North Carolina...The authors unfurl the story in three parts: a deep probe into the history of post-Civil War eastern North Carolina sandwiched by more recent developments in Bladen County, leading up to and after the 2018 election.” - Charlotte Magazine“A fascinating narrative of the long clash of racism and electioneering—and a larger story about the challenges to democracy in the rural South.” - WRAL