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The election may be over, but finger-pointing in a Cary Town Council race is not.
Incumbent Jennifer Robinson came just a few votes shy of retaining her seat outright in October's municipal election.
She won Tuesday's runoff with more than 53 percent of the vote, holding off challenger Lori Bush.
Wednesday, though, a political action committee supporting Bush filed a complaint with the North Carolina Board of Elections.
Steering committee members for the political action committee say DavisandHighHouse.com looks a lot like DavisandHighHouse.org.
"It's just sort of disrespectful to the whole democratic process of voting," said Karl Thor with DavisandHighHouse.org.
The unidentified person who runs the dot-com imposter made it look a lot like the original, except the new one criticizes the original dot-org.
And here's where it gets a little more confusing: earlier this week, the two competing DavisandHighHouse sites sent out identical looking emails, with the dot-org asking people to vote for Lori Bush, and the dot-com endorsing Jennifer Robinson.
Wednesday, the dot-org PAC filed a formal complaint with the state BOE, saying whoever is behind the dot-com has "not followed North Carolina campaign finance laws."
"We want the officials to look into it and say, 'Hey, here's how the game should be played,' and whatever they decide on, both sides can have an understanding of what's expected from them," Thor said.
The dot-org folks say they have no reason to believe the imposter Web site and e-mail came from the Jennifer Robinson camp itself.
"I'm guessing it's just a very exuberant supporter went out on their own and acted a little bit sophomoric," Thor said.
Robinson declined an interview request saying nobody from her campaign was behind the copycat, and she's proud of the way her committee handled the election.
She added that she wants to move past campaign bickering and focus on her duties on town council.
State Board of Elections officials said they received the complaint, but have not had a chance to review it.
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By Concerned Cary Mom on 11/11 11:04 AM
I liked Mrs. Robinsons answer on issues. She is a great representative and I'm glad she won.
By Todd Gatts on 11/06 01:56 PM
While withholding my judgement over anyone's guilt, I do think sending out flyers which are identical to another candidates flyers, but which endorse another candidate, is not voter education, but instead represents fraud. An investigation is a reasonable consequence of such behavior, and Ms. Robinson should support such an investigation fully. How else can we determine if the post is Ms. Robinson's legitimately? She should be eager to clear her name. Assuming the guilt lies outside the control of Ms.Robinson's campaign, she's the winner. If it falls inside her campaign, she should be indicted or shamed out of office. I don't have any axe to grind here. I have now voted for both women, and I think the difference between the two is fairly minimal. I think both are working to balance growth and infrastructure costs. I think both care about doing a good job. Neither will get much of a chance to do anything except tell the developers of Amberly to finish what they have already started before asking for any more developments. Let's have some faith in the judicial system and let the investigation run its course.
By waketruthsayer on 11/04 08:39 PM
I'm sure she does want to move past the campaign issues, as quickly as she can. The woman is a disgrace to the office she holds. People on her campaign team attacked anyone who dared to question her on issues, because she really didn't have satisfactory answers.
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