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The governor denies a hand in the decision, but his operative liaised with State Board of Elections members.
Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter
Kim Westbrook Strach will take over as director of the State Board of Elections on May 15. Josh Howard, a member from Wake County, will chair the board.
Mark Binker
Gov. Pat McCroy has appointed two new members of the N.C. Utilities Commission and a new director for the commission's Public Staff.
The five new members of the State Board of Elections will have decisions to make about who will head the board's staff and whether a recently opened campaign finance investigation connected to top state leaders should continue.
Both Republicans and Democrats registered to vote an automated pen service last year. The idea that Allpoint favored one party over another appears to be blunted by the fact that both the Republican party and Obama's campaign paid the company for its work.
Members of the House Elections Committee peppered Elections Director Gary Bartlett with questions for an hour but did not get a chance to hear what the long-serving director came to say.
