LUMBERTON — Allen Dial has filed a new protest in the race for Pembroke mayor, again questioning the eligibility of some voters in the March election.

Dial filed the protest Thursday, according to G.L. Pridgen, director of the Robeson County Board of Elections. The protest is similar to one filed by Dial following the election alleging that 11 Pembroke voters were not eligible to cast ballots.

Official results of the election, which was a do-over of one held in November, showed Dial 10 votes behind Greg Cummings, the apparent winner.

Pridgen did not have an exact number of votes being challenged in the latest protest, but said it was about the same as the previous one. A preliminary hearing on the new protest had not been scheduled as of Friday afternoon.

Citing “a lack of probable cause,” the Elections Board dismissed Dial’s first protest during a preliminary hearing on April 1.

During the hearing, Dial asked to amend his protest and requested that the hearing be recessed until he was given a list of all the people who voted in Pembroke on Election Day. Although his request for a recess was denied, the board dismissed the protest, but noted that the dismissal was the only way for Dial to amend it. Dial was given 48 hours after receiving the voter list to file a new protest if he wished.

Steve Stone, chairman of the Elections Board, said during the preliminary hearing that the protest also contained allegations of vote buying.

Cummings served on the Pembroke Town Council from 1991 to 2011 and is currently Robeson County’s economic developer. Dial, who served 16 years on the Pembroke Town Council, is an auctioneer and business owner.

Pembroke has been without a mayor since the death of Milton Hunt a year ago.