A month before Election Day, two appointed to State Board of Elections
Republicans appointed to replace two who resigned in protest.
Posted — UpdatedFormer state Sen. Tommy Tucker, who retired from the General Assembly last year, and Carr McLamb, an attorney who's held several jobs in state government, will join the board. That brings the board up to a full complement of five members: three Democrats and two Republicans.
Raymond said in his resignation that the state Attorney General's Office misled him about the settlement, something Attorney General Josh Stein denies. Black was less pointed in his critique but said he misunderstood key elements of the settlement.
The North Carolina Republican Party nominated three people for each seat, and it was up to the governor to pick the two replacements.
McLamb has been an attorney in North Carolina since 2007, according to the Governor's Office, and was previously an assistant general counsel at what is now the Department of Environmental Quality and a deputy secretary at the Department of Transportation. Since 2017, he's been with a utility management company called Envirolink.
Tucker represented Union County in the North Carolina Senate from 2011 to 2019.
Cooper said in a statement announcing the appointments that "elections are a sacred trust in our democracy."
"Our state will hold free, fair elections and follow the law to ensure every North Carolinian who registers can cast their ballot safely and securely," he said. "I appreciate that Mr. Tucker and Mr. McLamb are willing to serve on the board."
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