But a cyber-scuffle among supporters of both District A candidates rages on.

In one corner is dot-org. In the other is an unknown dot-com.

DavisandHighHouse.org, a political action committee of slow-growth activists, filed a complaint with the State Board of Elections on Wednesday, arguing that the unidentified creator of a Web site called DavisandHighHouse.com broke elections law.

The dot-org version has been around for years and had supported Democratic challenger Lori Bush, who narrowly lost Tuesday's runoff against incumbent Jennifer Robinson.

The original group formed in response to a planned development at the intersection of Davis Drive and High House Road. It is credited with organizing voters to help Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht unseat former Mayor Ernie McAlister in 2007.

The dot-com version cropped up just before Tuesday's election. It closely resembles the home page of the dot-org version, and says its mission is to “preserve Cary as one of the best places to live, with the lowest tax rate of any town in the Southeast — by exposing the NIMBY's for what they are.”

NIMBY is an acronym that means “not in my backyard.”

In its complaint, filed by treasurer Vickie Maxwell, DavisandHighHouse.org says that on the day before the election, the dot-com knockoff sent a misleading e-mail to voters that made it appear as if DavisandHighHouse.org was endorsing Robinson.

"The person or persons responsible for the Web site and e-mail have not followed North Carolina campaign finance laws," Maxwell writes in the complaint. "They have clearly advocated against a candidate (Lori Bush) on their Web site; and they have specifically endorsed a candidate (Jennifer Robinson). They have done both anonymously.”

Maxwell did not return a call seeking comment.

It’s unclear who is behind the dot-com Web site. The identity of the owner of the domain name, which was reserved on Oct. 14, is hidden through an out-of-state internet services company.

Robinson said she had received an e-mail about the Web site, but had not seen it. “I purposely did not go to that Web site because I didn’t want my campaign to be associated with it in any way,” she said Thursday.

She said people who planned to vote in the runoff had probably already made up their minds by the time the Web site appeared.

“I kind of took it as a prank of some kind,” Robinson said. ‘I don’t think it had an effect on the election.”

Karl Thor, a steering committee member of DavisandHighHouse.org, said he had no idea who was behind the dot-com site, but did not think it was anyone with Robinson’s campaign.

“I’m speculating it was an overly exuberant (Robinson) supporter,” he said, describing the act as “silly” and “sophomoric.”

But, he added, voting is an integral part of democracy, and such tricks should be discouraged. “It’s just not the right thing to do,” he said. “People should be made aware that it’s not the right thing to do and it won’t be tolerated.”

Adam Ragan, a compliance specialist with the elections board, said Wednesday he had not fully read the complaint but will investigate the issue.

This is the second elections complaint by slow-growth advocates who backed Bush.

In September, Van W. Kloempken, a founder of the group, filed a complaint saying that Robinson, the incumbent, had manipulated campaign-finance reports to delay disclosure of developers’ contributions until after her last election in 2005.

The board, though, closed the complaint days later without taking action against Robinson. Robinson has said that complaint was baseless.

Staff writer Jack Hagel contributed to this report.