Gov. Pat McCrory announced on Saturday that a protest had been filed with the Durham County Board of Elections calling for a recount of disputed votes. McCrory claims there was “malfeasance” in tabulating votes in Durham County and “irregularities” reported around the state, according to The News & Observer.

The protest, which was filed by Thomas Stark, the general counsel for the NC GOP, comes after 90,000 votes came in late on Election Day. The reason for this was malfunctioning voting equipment, according to Durham County officials, who said it had no impact on the votes cast.

“What transpired in Durham County is extremely troubling and no citizen can have confidence in the results at this point in time,” said Jason Torchinsky, chief legal counsel for the Pat McCrory Committee Legal Defense Fund. “The Durham County Board of Elections has a history of mishandling elections and it is unfortunate that this one appears to be no different.”

McCrory is trailing NC attorney general and gubernatorial candidate Roy Cooper by just under 5,000 votes. McCrory can call for a recount so long as the vote margin between the two candidates remains less than 10,000, according to The News & Observer.

“The McCrory campaign is now using NC GOP counsel to attack the Republican-controlled board of elections in a desperate attempt to undermine election results,” said Cooper spokesperson Jamal Little. “The facts are McCrory’s appointees were the ones who administered the election and reported the results. Any claims of ‘malfeasance’ are nothing more than a desperate attempt by the McCrory campaign to overturn results of an election they have lost.”

There are more than 58,000 provisional ballots and a smaller number of absentee ballots that have yet to be determined to be eligible and counted, according to The News & Observer. The results of that count won’t be known until Friday. A provisional ballot is a ballot used when there are questions concerning a voter’s registration or eligibility.

Both campaigns have hired attorneys and are soliciting financial contributions to help them challenge or defend the outcome of the election, which may not be known until the end of the month or later.

McCrory’s campaign team began questioning the late count of votes in Durham on Election Day, after those votes put Cooper ahead in the running tally, according to The News & Observer.

“For decades, Cooper and the Democrats have turned a blind eye to potential and actual voter fraud, so it’s no surprise that they’re doing it again,” said Ricky Diaz, McCrory campaign spokesman. “It’s the Republicans who are actually doing something about it.”