Gravel gets it both ways in N.C.

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on April 11, 2008 - 11:31am.
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Mike Gravel gets to have his cake and eat it too in North Carolina.

The former senator will come to Hickory this weekend to attend the N.C. Libertarian Party's convention. He is currently running for the party's nomination for president.

On May 6, he'll also be on the ballot — as a candidate for the Democratic nomination.

Democratic Party spokeswoman Kerra Bolton said there's nothing the party can do about the double-booking.

"We have consulted with the State Board of Elections and it is our understanding that current state law does not give the State Board flexibility to remove Mike Gravel from the ballot at this time," she wrote in an e-mail to Dome.

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