Statement of Larry Kissell

"The North Carolina State Board of Elections compiled a district-wide count of all the provisional ballots cast in the 8 th congressional election. Their work yielded 1492 uncounted provisional ballots. I am confident that once all these votes are counted that we will be victorious.

Between now and November 17th, the day these provisional votes will be counted, my campaign team, local legal team and national election law specialists will be working day and night to make sure the integrity of this election is upheld.

We have worked too hard to let a single vote go uncounted, or be unjustly thrown out.

That's why we are actively raising money and coordinating an army of recount experts who will be prepared for any contingency in the counting of the votes.

In addition to the provisional vote counting, there are numerous reports of concerned voters who claim of voting access issues. We are actively investigating each of these reports. While it's too early to know if these reports will yield any significant results, or affect the vote totals, my campaign is 100 percent committed to making sure every vote is counted.

So even after a long campaign, we are still fighting to take our country back from the Washington politicians and special interests. This final chapter of this campaign is proving to be one of the more interesting, but it's a story that we will see through until the final vote is counted."