NC Supreme Court Race

North Carolina's Supreme Court decided recently that ballots from two categories should have been left out of the tally of an unresolved November election for a seat on the court. But there's still legal friction about the number of ballots that must be scrutinized by election officials tasked with removing them from the count and giving voters the chance to provide information so their race choices can remain.

North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs says she'll appeal the Court's decision that could throw out thousands of absentee ballots in her 2024 reelection race.

North Carolina's Supreme Court has ruled that tens of thousands of cast ballots challenged by the trailing candidate in November's election for a seat on the court must remain in the election count. Friday's decision by the justices partially overturns last week's decision by the Court of Appeals that favored Republican Jefferson Griffin.

North Carolina's Supreme Court has temporarily halted enforcement of a decision by an appeals court that favored a Republican candidate in a close and unresolved November election for the state's highest court. The Supreme Court blocked Friday's order by a Court of Appeals panel that otherwise would have essentially taken effect immediately.

A majority of a three-judge appeals court panel has given thousands of voters whose ballots are being challenged 15 days to verify their eligibility

A judge challenging the outcome of his North Carolina Supreme Court race was photographed wearing Confederate military garb and posing before a Confederate battle flag when he was a member of a college fraternity that glorified the pre-Civil War South.

Attorneys for Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin appeared before a North Carolina Court of Appeals panel on Friday arguing to invalidate more than 65,000 ballots in Griffin's race against Democratic incumbent Justice Allison Riggs.

A Democratic lawmaker wants judicial elections in North Carolina determined by nonpartisan contests.

A panel from North Carolina's intermediate-level appeals court will hear arguments next week about a still-unsettled November election for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat. The Court of Appeals set the March 21 hearing before three judges

An appeals court judge who could hear Jefferson Griffin's protest over thousands of ballots in his bid for a seat on the state Supreme Court contributed to the GOP candidate's legal expense fund.