北卡罗来纳州新汉诺威县 11 月 13 日核票认证结果：州众议院第 20 选区梅里克以 77 票领先，国会第 7 选区鲁泽以 2309 票领先，全县近 10.4 万人投票
北卡罗来纳州新汉诺威县选举委员会 11 月 13 日举行核票，认证 11 月 3 日选举的全部结果，核票工作复核选举结果并核实合资格选票已被准确计入，州众议院第 20 选区一场胶着选举在核票后差距进一步缩小。
更新数字显示，身为新汉诺威县教育委员会成员的民主党人蒂姆·梅里克以 50.09% 对 49.91% 的得票率小胜共和党人戴恩·斯卡利斯，差距仅 77 票。
梅里克最初领先 101 票，计入临时选票与缺席选票后差距先收窄至 81 票、再收窄至 77 票，这是至少三场可能被要求重计的选举之一。
国会第 7 选区选举同样接近，现任共和党众议员戴维·鲁泽得票 49.87%，民主党人金伯利·哈迪得票 49.15%，核票后两人差距为 2309 票，核票前为 2270 票。
身为新汉诺威县县政委员的斯卡利斯与哈迪均可要求重计，按州选举委员会说明，非全州选举项目中落败候选人在票差为总票数 1% 或以下时可要求重计，县选举主任埃里克·纳瓦格在威尔明顿核票时表示，截至 11 月 13 日下午尚未收到重计要求，申请截止时间为 11 月 16 日下午 5 时，如被要求，县级重计应于 11 月 23 日前完成，州选举委员会将于 11 月 24 日开会审议全州认证，州高等法院法官 06B 选区也在重计差距内，民主党人凯利·汉利以 50.42% 对 49.58% 领先，全县投票人数略低于 10.4 万，高于 2018 年与 2022 年中期选举的总量。
New Hanover County, North Carolina, Certifies Results at Its November 13 Canvass, With Merrick Ahead by 77 Votes in State House District 20, Rouzer Ahead by 2,309 in US House District 7 and Just Under 104,000 Votes Cast Countywide
The New Hanover County Board of Elections in North Carolina met on November 13 to certify all results from the November 3 election, in a canvass that reviews the results and verifies that eligible ballots were counted accurately, and a close race for the North Carolina House District 20 seat got closer following the canvass.
Updated numbers show Tim Merrick, a Democrat who sits on the New Hanover County Board of Education, earning a narrow win against Republican Dane Scalise by 50.09 percent to 49.91 percent, a margin of a mere 77 votes.
Merrick had initially led by 101 votes before the inclusion of provisional and absentee ballots trimmed the difference to 81 votes and then to 77, and the contest is one of at least three races that could have a recount if requested.
The United States House District 7 race between incumbent Republican David Rouzer and Democrat Kimberly Hardy is another close one, with Rouzer at 49.87 percent of the vote to Hardy 49.15 percent, and post-canvass results showing a difference of 2,309 votes, compared with 2,270 votes before the canvass.
Both Scalise, a member of the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners, and Hardy could request a recount, since a candidate who does not win a non-statewide contest may demand a recount if the difference is 1 percent or less of the total votes cast, according to the North Carolina Board of Elections, county elections director Eric Navagh said during the canvass in Wilmington that no recount requests had been received as of the afternoon of November 13, the deadline for submitting a request is November 16 at 5 p.m., county boards conduct recounts which if requested should be completed by November 23 ahead of the State Board meeting on November 24 to consider statewide certification, the Superior Court Judge 06B race is also within the recount margin with Democrat Kelly Hanley at 50.42 percent to Republican Frank Jones 49.58 percent, and just under 104,000 people in New Hanover County cast votes, higher than the totals for the 2018 and 2022 midterm elections.
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