Published Thursday, August 15, 2013 at 4:19 pm

By Jesse Wood

Aug. 15, 2013. In a letter dated Aug. 14, Boone Mayor Loretta Clawson wrote to Joshua Howard, chairman of the State Board of Elections, stating her “dismay” over the actions taken at the Watauga County Board of Elections meeting held on Monday morning. Read a detail of the meeting here.

“I ask that your office look into the situation that in my opinion makes it impossible to conduct a fair and impartial election,” Clawson wrote.

Don Wright, general counsel for State Board of Elections, told High Country Press on Thursday that his office was reviewing personal and newspaper accounts and video footage of the meeting. Read that story here.

Read the entire letter below.