Red Springs election protest centers on disability rights

RED SPRINGS — Duron Burney, who lost the Red Springs mayoral race by two votes in November, is challenging 18 absentee ballots cast by residents in a local assisted-living facility.

The Robeson County Board of Elections sent the election protest to the state board, which could decide whether the votes are valid.

Caroline Sumpter won 360 votes for mayor in the Nov. 4 election, and Burney won 358, according to the N.C. State Board of Elections. Both served on the town’s board of commissioners before they ran for mayor.

In a protest filed with the Robeson County Board of Elections, Burney alleged that employees of Red Springs Assisted Living illegally helped residents request and cast absentee ballots.




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