Friday’s deadline of 5 p.m. came and went and the North Carolina State Board of Elections, led by a Democratic majority and Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell, indicated counties that did not meet it are at no penalty.
Closely watched across the state is a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court, where Republican Jefferson Griffin is trying to unseat incumbent Democrat Allison Riggs.
Cotham retained her seat in the District 105 race in Mecklenburg County over Democrat Nicole Sidman in a race with more than 54,000 votes cast.
In non-statewide contests, such as the Senate and House races, the threshold is 1% or less of total votes cast after county canvass.
Recounts for statewide races are allowed if the difference between the candidates is either less than 10,000 votes or 0.5% of votes cast, whichever is less.
Nineteen of 100 counties were unofficial at the bewitching hour of 5, according to the website of the State Board of Elections.
Tricia Cotham, R-Mecklenburg, winning by 216 votes and Democratic challenger Bryan Cohn winning by 233 votes.
Early Friday evening, with 13 counties still unofficial, Griffin led by 2,753 votes.
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