US EditionNC high court blocks ruling on undecided race
- North Carolina's Supreme Court halted a voter eligibility inquiry concerning the November Supreme Court race between Justice Allison Riggs and Judge Jefferson Griffin, stopping the process that targeted approximately 65,000 voters.
- Griffin argued that many voters were ineligible due to lacking identification, while Riggs and the State Board of Elections opposed his claims.
- The Supreme Court's order came after the Court of Appeals ordered a 15-day period for voters to prove their eligibility, which has now been blocked.
- Riggs plans to appeal to federal court if she loses at the state level, citing that the Court of Appeals ruling could disenfranchise thousands.
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New court filing bashes Orr’s ‘fair elections’ lawsuit
Top legislative leaders took another shot Monday at former North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr’s “fair elections” lawsuit. Lawmakers and Orr’s legal team submitted competing briefs to the state Court of Appeals. A three-judge Superior Court panel dismissed Orr’s case in June 2024. Orr is asking the Appeals Court to allow his suit to proceed. Republican legislative leaders filed their own appeal. GOP lawmakers urge appellate judges to al…
Denver Gazette
North Carolina Supreme Court pauses voter eligibility review in tight contest
North Carolina’s highest court stopped a voter eligibility inquiry in the last uncertified 2024 statewide election. The ruling concerns November’s Supreme Court race between Democratic incumbent Justice Allison Riggs and GOP Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin. While Allison was declared the…
Court directive to notify voters in close North Carolina election blocked for now
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's Supreme Court temporarily halted enforcement on Monday of an appeals court decision that favored a Republican candidate in a close and unresolved November election for a seat on the state's highest court. In a pair of one-sentence statements without objections, the Supreme Court issued a temporary stay of Friday's order by a Court of Appeals panel that in part directed election workers to identify and contac…
NC high court blocks ruling on undecided race
North Carolina’s Supreme Court on Monday temporarily blocked a ruling on an undecided court race. In a Monday order, the Tar Heel State’s highest court temporarily stayed a previous ruling from a panel of the state appeals court to carry out a recount and verification of 60,000 contested ballots in a North Carolina state Supreme…
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