Cooper, Democrats pressuring Gov. McCrory to concede

Pat McCrory has officially filed for a statewide recount of votes from the November 8 election. Pat McCrory to concede the election to his Democratic challenger abound, the incumbent has instead officially filed for a recount of votes. McCrory’s campaign acknowledged in its press statement that the recount won’t happen until counties finish those tallies, but they wanted to ensure they didn’t miss a deadline under state law.

Cooper said in a statement that with the next governor expected to take office in early January, “it would be irresponsible to wait any longer to tackle the issues we campaigned on across the state”. Candidates are automatically eligible for a recount when the final spread is fewer than 10,000 votes.

Cooper now leads by about 6,600 votes out of 4.7 million cast, according to unofficial results.

Yesterday, Democrat Roy Cooper declared himself governor-elect and announced a transition team.

Attorney General Roy Cooper’s campaign responded to the McCrory campaign’s request for a recount. If the difference is more than 10,000, a recount can be requested, but the board of elections is not obligated to do so.

North Carolina State Sen.

Bob Hall, who leads the nonprofit Democracy North Carolina, says some voters are being unfairly maligned in local elections complaints with false accusations that they’re felons.

Tuesday was an eventful day in the race for the Executive Mansion in the Tar Heel state, even though it marked two weeks since Election Day.

“This race has simply gotten away from Pat McCrory”, attorney Marc Elias said. McCrory’s campaign has argued that many votes are illegitimate and filed protests in 52 of the state’s 100 counties, including Lee County.

Cooper’s campaign said Monday that his lead has grown to almost 8,000 votes as county board of elections incrementally process mailed-in and provisional ballots. “So while the North Carolina Constitution does provide a provision for them to step in and appoint a governor, I think they should let the people speak and let the rule of law in this election stand as it is”.

The North Carolina State Board of Elections is in an emergency meeting Tuesday to determine how to handle contested votes from this month’s election.

The counting process has been slowed down by factors including Republican-led challenges.

After losing North Carolina’s run for governor by almost 7,000 votes, Gov.

“We want those voters to be treated the same way other voters are treated”, Myrick said.

A State Board of Elections review of 2012 voter registrations found that 2.44 percent of voters who used same-day registration did not pass the mail verification process – but that process sometimes wasn’t finished when the voters’ ballots were counted.

‘It may be because he needs those fraudulent votes to count in order to win’.