In North Carolina, Republicans Try to Reverse a Supreme Court Election Loss
An incumbent Democrat narrowly won re-election to the state’s highest court. But the Republican-controlled court is considering an unusual protest from her challenger that could flip the result.
More legal briefs sought in unresolved North Carolina Supreme Court election
A federal appeals court has agreed to hear more arguments involving a close election in November for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat. The 4th U.S.
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 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 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 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.
Former members of Congress want a disputed North Carolina Supreme Court race settled in federal court
Republican North Carolina Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin is trying to convince a federal district court judge that a legal battle over his disputed race belongs in state court.
Federal appeals court will hear GOP challenge to legitimacy of 60,000 NC voters in contested 2024 Supreme Court race
A federal appeals court will hear the case over whether to throw out 60,000 North Carolina voters' 2024 ballots — a challenge filed by the losing candidate for a state Supreme Court race who says those people should never have been allowed to vote in the first place.
DNC lawsuit in NC Supreme Court race
The Democratic National Committee is taking legal action in the battle over a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Griffin, trailing in race, tries to make North Carolina Supreme Court election a matter of states' rights
Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin trails Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs in their race for a seat on the state Supreme Court, but Griffin says that very tribunal should handle his effort to invalidate more than 60,
A federal appeals court will hear the NC Supreme Court elections case
The federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday said it will hear Republican State appeals court Judge Jefferson Griffin’s elections case, where he’s seeking to invalidate more than 60,000 votes in the race for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court.
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Republican lawsuit seeks to throw out votes in all North Carolina statewide races
While all eyes were on Judge Jefferson Griffin’s attempt to discard ballots in a case that’s now with the state Supreme 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 ...
Last North Carolina legislative races get finalized, confirming GOP loss of veto-proof control
North Carolina General Assembly elections have been finalized and confirm that Republicans have lost their veto-proof control ...
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NC Supreme Court could now decide who should win the election for a seat on the court
That 2023 ruling allowed Republicans to flip three of North Carolina's seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2024 elections — in which Republicans won a 220-215 majority in the U.S ...
The gravity of a GOP election challenge in N.C.: ‘Invites incredible mischief'
Why the North Carolina state Supreme Court allowing the case to proceed two months after the election is so extraordinary.