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Voters in one North Carolina county can return to the polls next month to recast ballots that were lost due to a malfunctioning e-voting machine in the November election.
The state's Board of Elections voted last week to allow about 4,400 Carteret County residents whose votes were lost--along with 19,600 who didn't go to the polls--to cast ballots Jan. 11 for the state agriculture commissioner.
That was the only state or local race close enough for the 4,400 votes to make a difference, said Robert Cordle, one of five members of the board. In that race, challenger Steve Troxler has a 2,300-vote lead over incumbent Britt Cobb. The Jan. 11 votes will be added to…