WASHINGTON (AP) - The D.C. Board of Elections is investigating Mayor Vincent Gray's new deputy chief of staff for voting in the district last year when she lived in Maryland.

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The voting irregularities by Andi Pringle were revealed Thursday by activist Dorothy Brizill on the website dcwatch.com. Brizill filed a formal complaint Friday, challenging the legality of Pringle's vote.

Pringle says in a statement that she voted in Washington because she hadn't severed ties to the city and had not established Montgomery County residency.

She says, "If this was in error, I apologize."

Pringle says she plans to move back to the district. She was a political consultant on Howard Dean's 2004 presidential bid, among others.
An elections board spokeswoman says any infractions found will be referred to the U.S. attorney's office.