RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ó The State Board of Elections has refused to grant a ballot recount to the third- and fourth-place finishers in this monthís Democratic primary for labor commissioner.
The board was split 2-2 Thursday on the requests brought by Ty Richardson and Robin Anderson. A tie means the request failed. A fifth board member couldnít participate.
The boardís decision means a runoff between leading vote-getter Mary Fant Donnan and second-place finisher John Brooks will go as scheduled June 24.
State law allows the board to order a mandatory recount or a discretionary recount. State elections director Gary Bartlett said the board determined that neither one applied in this case.
Richardson was about 2,100 votes behind Brooks. Anderson was less than 5,300 votes behind.