N.C., Fletcher attorneys spar over provisional ballots

From the AP

Attorneys for the state and several political candidates argued Monday before a judge over whether thousands of provisional ballots cast on Election Day should be counted.

Republican candidates for superintendent of public instruction and two county races argued that provisional ballots cast at the wrong precinct on Nov. 2 should be left out of the final totals in their races.

Bill Fletcher, the GOP superintendent candidate, trails Democrat June Atkinson by 8,535 votes out of about 3.3 million ballots cast.

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