Gov. Josh Stein is seeking a court order that would block State Auditor Dave Boliek from making new appointments to the North Carolina State Board of Elections on May 1. Without help from the courts, Boliek would have the power to make those appointments under a new state law passed in December.
A federal judge has denied Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin’s request for a temporary restraining order in a dispute over more than 60,000 ballots cast in North Carolina’s state Supreme Court election. Griffin had sought the order to block the State Board of Elections from certifying Democrat Allison Riggs as the race’s winner.
North Carolina Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin and the state Republican Party are seeking a temporary restraining order against the State Board of Elections. Griffin and the NCGOP argue in a lawsuit that elections officials have failed to turn over public records Griffin has requested as he considers whether to file protests and seek a recount in his election against Democrat Allison Riggs.
A hearing is scheduled Thursday morning in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s lawsuit to force state elections officials to remove his name from North Carolina’s ballot. Superior Court Judge Becky Holt will hold the hearing in Wake County Superior Court.
A lawsuit pitting Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper against Republican legislative leaders over appointments to state boards and commissions is heading back to a three-judge panel. A single judge made that decision Thursday morning after a court hearing in Raleigh.
The governor's legal team worked actively to undermine a three-judge panel's decision about appointments to the Environmental Management Commission.
State Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby has stepped into the legal battle between Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican legislative leaders over appointments to state boards and commissions. A hearing in the case scheduled for Thursday afternoon has been delayed one week.
Top state lawmakers want a court battle with Gov. Roy Cooper over appointments to state boards and commissions returned to a three-judge panel. Legislative lawyers filed a motion Tuesday in Wake County Superior Court asking for the transfer from a single Wake County judge.
Lawyers for Gov. Roy Cooper returned to court Thursday afternoon to fight recent changes in appointments to North Carolina’s Environmental Management Commission. A Superior Court judge granted Cooper a temporary restraining order blocking the EMC's most recent actions.
Gov. Roy Cooper is seeking a temporary restraining order to block changes to the membership of the State Board of Elections. Those changes are scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1. Legislative leaders from both parties would appoint members to an eight-person board split evenly between Democrats and Republicans.
Gov. Roy Cooper has lodged an objection in Wake County Superior Court in his challenge to new state laws limiting his appointment powers. The court refused to hold a hearing on Cooper’s request for a temporary restraining order. Instead a three-judge panel will hold a Nov. 1 hearing on Cooper's pursuit of a preliminary injunction.
