Mecklenburg elections board rules on challenge to NC Senate candidate’s primary win

Tensions flared Friday at the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections following a unanimous vote by the five-member board to dismiss Lucille’s Puckett’s protest of her opponent’s Democratic primary win. “I felt it was bull crap,” Puckett said to the Observer after the dismissal. “They base things on personal experiences. They didn’t take all the evidence presented into consideration.” In her protest, Puckett alleged the winner of state Senate District 41, Caleb Theodros, did not meet the necessary residency requirements to run in the district. That’s two years “in the state...