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McClatchy Washington Bureau
McClatchy Washington Bureau
Politics
Brian Murphy

Decision on NC's 9th District election expected this month

WASHINGTON _ The newly appointed North Carolina board of elections plans to vote on whether to certify the election _ or call for a new one _ in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District after a hearing on Feb. 18 and 19 in Raleigh, the board's chairman said Monday.

The five-member board, appointed by Gov. Roy Cooper on Jan. 31, will begin its evidentiary hearing at 10 a.m. at the North Carolina State Bar in Raleigh. The hearing is expected to last for two days, but the site has been reserved for three.

Republican Mark Harris leads Democrat Dan McCready by 905 votes in the unofficial results from the 9th District. But the previous nine-member state board twice declined to certify the results, citing irregularities among mail-in absentee ballots in Bladen and Robeson counties.

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