This Tuesday, December 7th, the County Board of Elections held the canvass of the second round of counting of the instant runoff vote for a NC Court of Appeals seat. After round one in Pamlico County, Cressie Thigpen led, 667 to 593. After the second round, Doug McCullough leads Pamlico County 1137 to 863.
Unofficial statewide results for 99 counties (excluding Warren County) have McCullough leading Thigpen 541,861 to 535,396, a margin of 0.6% of the vote. This may require a recount.
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And at best, a poor plurality win if the count was right. Thigpen's total votes, 1,2 and 3 amount to 27.65% of votes. McCullough's 1st 2nd and 3rd choice votes amount to 27.99% of total votes.
So, a month later, using a convoluted tallying system, with results too close to call, we may have a recount. Consider that in touchscreen counties, the votes were copied and pasted, cut and erased onto an excel spreadsheet. Even Larry Leake was concerned about that tallying method: "I'm a lot leary about it," Leake said. "The computer experts acknowledge there are potential problems with the system."
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