Latest from the North Carolina’s hotly-contested governor’s race:
As of Friday afternoon, the State Board of Elections had Attorney General Roy Cooper with a 6,600-vote lead over Gov. Pat McCrory, but Cooper’s “election law specialist” told reporters the lead had increased to 7,448 votes.
Meanwhile, NCGOP counsel Thomas Stark tells NYT:
“There are a lot of protests out there going to specific issues that are 10, 15 more votes here and there,” Mr. Stark said. “And by the time you move statewide, that’s a lot of votes. If it’s not resolved at the counties, it will end up at the state board, and the state board will have to sort it all out.”
I’ll go out on a limb here and say that’s where it indeed will be sorted out—with the NC State Board of Elections. What’s interesting in the NYT article is the way both sides dismiss the possibility that the next step— a contested election taken to the Republican-controlled General Assembly—is merely “media-driven speculation.” But you still have to wonder–where else would it end up in this craziest of election years?
Anyone else hear the chants—the Rev. William Barber leading the chorus—-“Not My Governor!!!!!!”
