In a recent election, Ms. Robbins received $8,000$ votes cast by independent voters, that is, voters not registered with a specific political party. She also received $10$ percent of the votes cast by those voters registered with a political party. If $N$ is the total number of votes cast in the election and $40$ percent of the votes cast were cast by independent voters, which of the following represents the number of votes that Ms. Robbins received?

Independent voters make up 40% of the total N votes, leaving 60% of N, or 0.6N, as the registered party voters. Ms. Robbins received 10% of these registered votes, which equals 0.10 * 0.6N = 0.06N. She also received 8000 votes from independent voters, so her total votes are 0.06N + 8000.

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