NC 2016 Gubernatorial Discussion Thread

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Splendid news!

You know how big this number needs to grow to in order to get out of the shenanagins zone?

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If it's true that what's predominately left is from the big Democratic counties, this could go over the 10,000 vote recount line.

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McCrory allies are suing NC's (Republican) Board of Election. Board of Elections hired attorneys to defend itself. McCrory blocked the hires

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Boom!

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Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections

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Boom!

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Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections

Are you sure every vote has been counted though?

There are a few counties left, but the provisional ballots have been overwhelmingly Democratic throughout the entire process. Don't see why that would change now.

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we are nearly done.

GOP-majority on board of election rejects McCrory's complaints about Blade County too
https://twitter.com/CraigJ_NandO/status/805192568548065280

and the absentee ballots challenged by McCrory's campaign are going to be counted too.
https://twitter.com/RaleighReporter/status/805192852645019648

durham is mccrory's last stand....

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lol

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What a loser, but now he and the undemocratic legislature are going to pack the state Supreme Court.

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Good riddance.

Well at least he was kind of decent in the concession and decided to be respectful; that's a +.

So excited to see what Roy can do.

nothing besides symbolism.....as long as the SC and the 2017 election doesn't at least gives him veto power.

Governor of North Carolina has total control over the state and all counties election boards.

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Governor of North Carolina has total control over the state and all counties election boards.

correct....but those republicans there, in the end, sided with democrats against mccrory.

hm......on the other side...those boards determine where people are voting and for how long, etc?

Yes they did because the complaints by McCrory were baseless, but this means we could a return to more voting locations.

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Cooper at +15% in approval with a sample that voted for Trump by 2%