North Carolina justices block certification of election outcome in race for one of its own seats
The ultimate winner gets an eight-year term on a Supreme Court where five of the seven current justices are registered Republicans.
North Carolina top court blocks Democrat's certification as winner for seat on court
The Republican-dominated North Carolina Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked the state's elections board from certifying the results of an election to fill a seat on the court currently occupied by the leading Democratic candidate,
North Carolina Supreme Court blocks certification of slim Democratic justice win
Republican Jefferson Griffin lost by 734 votes, but he has contested the eligibility of 60,000 ballots cast in the election.
North Carolina Supreme Court May Decide a Supreme Court Election
Three counts show an incumbent Democrat won election to the State Supreme Court. But an unusual protest by the G.O.P. challenger could be headed to that same Republican-controlled court.
North Carolina Supreme Court Blocked Certification of a Justice’s Win. Activists Fear It’s “Dangerous for Democracy.”
The move gives the court time to consider a challenge by Republican Jefferson Griffin, who has cited debunked legal theories in his previous failed attempts to block Justice Allison Riggs’ reelection.
North Carolina Supreme Court blocks certification of Democratic justice’s re-election
The North Carolina Supreme Court blocked state officials from certifying the re-election of Democrat Allison Riggs to the court, allowing Republican Jefferson Griffin to challenge the validity of nearly 60,
North Carolina's GOP-led Supreme Court intervenes to block election victory of Democratic justice
The North Carolina Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked the certification of the state's Supreme Court election as it prepares to consider a challenge from a Republican appeals court judge who is seeking to overturn his loss in the November election.
North Carolina Supreme Court's conservative majority divided on disputed judicial race
One of the high court's conservative justices dissented from an order blocking certification of an election in which a Democratic incumbent justice leads a GOP challenger.
North Carolina Supreme Court blocks state from certifying Democrat as winner in top court race
The North Carolina Supreme Court voted to block the certification of Democratic Justice Allison Riggs as the winner of her state Supreme Court race while her GOP opponent challenges the legitimacy
North Carolina Dems Denounce ‘Astonishing’ State Supreme Court Move To Block Certification Of Dem Victory
Democrats and voting rights groups are sounding the alarm after the North Carolina Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked the
One Republican justice dissents in case blocking NC Supreme Court election certification
In his dissent, Justice Richard Dietz wrote that permitting such a case “invites incredible mischief” and will “lead to doubts about the finality of vote counts following an election.”
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The gravity of a GOP election challenge in N.C.: ‘Invites incredible mischief'
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