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The newly appointed five-member State Board of Elections has announced a hearing on the certification of the NC-9 Congressional election for Monday, February 18, at the North Carolina State Bar (217 East Edenton St., Raleigh). The SBOE is apparently expecting a lengthy hearing, because it has reserved the room through the 20th.

To repeat: It will take three votes to certify the election of Rev. Mark Harris and four votes to call for a new election.

On February 7 -- Thursday of this week -- members of the SBOE will be getting an in-person debriefing on what the staff's investigation into the NC-9 election has turned up, and they'll reportedly be making appointments to county boards of election.