The Buncombe County Board of Elections finished a full week of counting judicial ballots by hand on Monday morning, Dec. 6. It was the second round of instant-runoff voting for the N.C. Court of Appeals seat originally contested by 13 candidates. The close results might lead to a statewide recount.
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