Tillis won his previous two Senate races in battleground North Carolina by less than 2 percentage points. Tillis formally launched his 2026 re-election campaign last year. Schwartz responded to NBC News’ social media post of some of Tillis’ critical ...
Yesterday marked four months since Election Day, but North Carolinians somehow still don’t know who will fill a key seat on the state supreme court.
A North Carolina representative wants to codify a challenged election rule for military and overseas voters. Durham Representative Marcia Morey’s bill says military and overseas voters are not required to include a photocopy of their ID when they vote.
A North Carolina Supreme Court decision refusing to further accelerate the appeals over an unsettled November election for a seat on the court means an official winner likely won't be finalized sooner,
RALEIGH, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The North Caorlina Supreme Court race is still unresolved four months after Election Day. After two recounts, the state board determined the winner was incumbent Justice Allison Riggs. Appeals Court Judge Jefferson Griffin is challenging over 60,000 ballots casts he claims violated state law.
Overseas voters and the Brennan Center are asking a court to deny a losing candidate’s effort to rewrite election rules after ballots were legally cast.
The percentage of people voting overseas is small, but North Carolina is a closely contested swing state where even small margins can make a difference. Republican Jefferson Griffin trails Democratic Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs by just 734 votes,
Since the middle of the 20th century, federal courts have played a vital role in policing the fair conduct of elections and election disputes. Previously, nearly all such matters were left to the state courts. Still, the federal judiciary played an essential part in ensuring that state courts did not trample on voters' fundamental civil rights.
The ongoing legal battle over 60,000 ballots in the North Carolina Supreme Court election could have significant implications for the state’s judicial system, influencing the court’s short-term composition and possibly establishing new,
In an interview with The News & Observer, newly elected State Auditor Dave Boliek, a lawyer and former chair of the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees, said that while he was not consulted about the power shift, he will nonetheless execute it faithfully.
Orr’s lawsuit, now before the state Court of Appeals, argues that a legislative redistricting process that overfills what should be a competitive district with members of one party is akin to stuffing the ballot box to ensure that one party wins.
The North Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the state Board of Election's request to bypass the North Carolina Court of Appeals and review Appellate Court Judge Jefferson Griffin's legal ...