North Carolina

Cooper appoints 5 members to new Board of Elections; 3 from Charlotte area

RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Roy Cooper announced five new members of the state Board of Elections on Thursday.

“North Carolinians deserve fair and honest elections, and I am confident this board will work to protect our electoral process,” said Gov. Cooper.

Cooper appointed the following individuals:

  • Stella Anderson, of Boone. Anderson was the Board Chair of the Watauga County Board of Elections from 2005-2013 and is a professor at Appalachian State University.
  • David C. Black, of Concord. David currently serves as the President of H & B Tool & Die Supply. Black also served as Chair of the Cabarrus County Board of Elections.
  • Jeff Carmon III, of Durham. Carmon is an attorney at the CW Law Group and practices in the areas of personal injury and criminal law.
  • Bob Cordle, of Charlotte. Cordle previously served on the State Board of Elections until 2013 and practiced law in Charlotte from 1968 to 2018, before retiring from Mayer Brown LLP.
  • Ken Raymond, of Winston Salem. Raymond is a freelance writer and works at the Piedmont Triad Airport. Raymond also served as the Chair of the Forsyth County Board of Elections.

A state law disbanded the old board at the end of last year. It has delayed the evidentiary hearing into possible election fraud in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District.

[SPECIAL SECTION: District 9 Investigation]

Elections board staff has continued investigating claims of illegal ballot collection in Bladen County.

The board will decide whether to certify Republican Mark Harris as the winner over Dan McCready, or to call for a new election.

Past coverage:

Cooper's office wrote the state Democratic Party earlier this week saying two of its four nominees didn't appear to comply with the new law creating a five-member board. Republicans received a similar letter last week about two GOP nominees.

[Channel 9 sits down with Mark Harris in one-on-one interview]

[NCSBE, Dan McCready respond to Mark Harris' petition for certification]

The letters cite a portion of the law preventing people associated with "electioneering" in the past four years from serving. The Democratic Party gave Cooper two new names Wednesday in former Durham Mayor Bill Bell and Durham attorney Jeff Carmon.

Associated Press

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