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Board attorney says redactions were required as candidate-challenge goes to State Board
Summary
County elections counsel told the Buncombe County Board of Elections she redacted unsworn opinion material from evidence to avoid tainting a candidate-challenge hearing; an appeal to the State Board of Elections has been filed and a whole‑record review is pending before early voting starts.
BUNCOMBE COUNTY — The Buncombe County Board of Elections spent a large portion of its meeting debating whether county staff or counsel should have redacted unsworn statements from documents submitted in a recent candidate challenge, after an appeal moved the case to the State Board of Elections.
Amy, the board’s attorney, told members the State Board will conduct a “whole record review” and decide whether “there was substantial evidence to support your decision.” She said she redacted portions of documents that contained unsworn personal opinions because those…
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