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Board enters 17 ballot challenges after state list flags absentee duplicates, felon‑list matches and possible deceased voters
Summary
Staff presented state‑supplied lists that flagged absentee‑by‑mail duplicates, potential felon‑status issues and deceased‑voter matches. The board disapproved five absentee applications and voted to enter 17 challenges to be adjudicated at canvass.
At the Nov. 12 meeting the Buncombe County Board of Elections considered a set of board challenges supplied in part by the State Board of Elections. Staff explained three categories of concern: absentee‑by‑mail ballots that had also been cast in person due to local scanners or printing or polling‑place reporting issues; names appearing on the state’s felony/restoration list; and names potentially matching deceased‑voter datasets.
For three voters staff said an absentee ballot had been scanned…
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