WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) - North Carolina's gubernatorial race was undecided 10 days after the Nov. 8 vote and new allegations by the Republican incumbent's campaign about felons and dead people casting ballots could leave the outcome in limbo for weeks.
Republican Governor Pat McCrory, trailing Democratic challenger Roy Cooper by about 6,300 votes according to the state elections website Friday afternoon, has not conceded. Under state law, Friday was the deadline for counties to certify their results.
But challenges over the validity of hundreds of votes and reviews of provisional ballots were expected to delay the reports from many, if not all, of the state's 100 counties, elections officials said.
The uncertainty has been punctuated this week by a war of words, with McCrory's campaign accusing Cooper of being lax on voter fraud and Cooper's campaign calling the incumbent dishonest and desperate.
"It is unfortunate to see that rather than accepting the results, Pat McCrory is going to go down by besmirching Republican election officials (and) by impugning voters," Marc Elias, a lawyer for the Cooper campaign, said in a call with reporters on Friday.
McCrory's campaign, however, argues it is following the legal process to ensure all legitimate votes are counted.
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3 comments:
also the popular vote count in the election for potus
When I voted here in Maryland I questioned how I know that machine counted my vote correctly.Nothing shows up on the screen,there is no paper receipt there is no way of knowing what happens when you vote.If only one wachine in ten was rigged it would have a big impact on the vote count.All your trust must be in that machine and the people who supplied it.Sorry I'm not that trusting when it comes to my freedom.
NC uses different voting machines then MD.
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