The state House's picks to serve on the University of North Carolina governing board for the next four years include five newcomers and three incumbents.
The chamber elected eight people to the 32-member UNC Board of Governors, as it does every other year.
New members include former state Rep. Pearl Burris-Floyd; ex-Rutherford County Sheriff Philip Byers; accountant Walter Davenport; attorney Joe Knott III; and land developer Alex Mitchell. Re-elected were James Holmes Jr., Mary Ann Maxwell and David Powers
The Senate picked eight members Wednesday.
The House used election-grade ballots counted with an electronic scanning machine. Two years ago, paper ballots had to be recounted the day after the election due to a math mistake by lawmakers completing tallies by hand. One person originally elected ended up losing.
