CHARLOTTE — The Mecklenburg County Board of Elections chose to reject a protest filed over a candidate’s residency.
The elections board unanimously voted to dismiss the protest because of a lack of evidence over how long Caleb Theodros has been living in the district he ran to represent.
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Theodros won his primary race for NC Senate District 41 after Super Tuesday, but the runner-up, Lucille Puckett, challenged his victory.
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She filed the protest, claiming that Theodros hasn’t lived in his district long enough to run for a seat representing it.
Theodros calls the allegations baseless. He goes into the November election without Republican opposition.
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