Bathroom Gov. Pat McCrory's bid to consolidate the election complaints review process with the North Carolina State Board of Elections was rejected Sunday, at least for now. The board planned to set guidelines Tuesday for the process by which county elections boards should review McCrory's complaints, writes Colin Campbell:
The McCrory campaign has been involved in filing dozens of elections protests regarding dead voters, felon voters, people voting twice and absentee ballot concerns – some of which were rejected by Republican-led county election boards on Friday. Campaign manager Russell Peck asked the state board to rule on all complaints.
County elections boards must rule on the complaints first before their decision can be appealed to the State Board of Elections. In a rare “emergency” meeting on Sunday, the state board didn’t rule out the possibility of reviewing election complaints – but it left the initial responsibility with county boards.
The McCrory campaign filed 50 new election complaints late last week that it said would "void anywhere between 100 to 200 ballots cast by suspected felons, dead people and double voters." Campaign officials also promised more complaints to come. McCrory officially trailed Democrat Roy Cooper by 6,600 votes as of Friday, though the Cooper campaign claimed a 7,900 lead Saturday. The McCrory camp is also falling short on the complaints it has promised to produce.
The state board’s records show substantially fewer election complaints than the McCrory campaign initially announced would be filed last week. Asked Sunday whether complaint filings were missing or if some were dropped, McCrory campaign spokesman Ricky Diaz said, “The board may not have all of them yet from the counties, so you can expect more.”
Meanwhile, Cooper has named his transition team and has a new logo ...
McCrory responded, calling Cooper "desperate." Projection, perhaps?
