The North Carolina Supreme Court will decide in the months ahead whether a contractor working for the state Department of Transportation must foot part of the bill for a deputy sheriff’s roadside injury.
Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin argues in a new court filing that the North Carolina State Board of Elections plans to defy a court order in an ongoing election dispute. Griffin challenges the board’s plan to consider no more than 1,675 targeted ballots from last fall’s statewide election.
North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs is asking a federal Appeals Court for a stay and injunction in the election dispute involving her seat on the state’s highest court. The trial judge in the case has rejected requests to place his recent rulings on hold.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections plans to review no more than 1,675 ballots cast in last fall’s state Supreme Court election, according to a court filing Tuesday night. That number is less than one-third of the total number of challenged ballots indicated in earlier court documents.
A federal judge refused Tuesday to grant a stay of his recent orders in multiple lawsuits linked to a dispute over last fall’s state Supreme Court election. US Chief District Judge Richard Myers issued orders Saturday that called on the North Carolina State Board of Elections to proceed with a ballot “curing” process spelled out by a state Supreme Court order issued Friday.
North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs is asking the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals to step into the election dispute involving Riggs’ job. Riggs filed a notice of appeal in the case Monday. Activist groups working with Democratic operative Marc Elias' law firm also appealed.
The League of Women Voters of North Carolina filed a federal class-action lawsuit Monday morning aiming to protect military and overseas votes cast in last fall’s state Supreme Court election. Some of those votes could be dropped from the final tally under a court order issued Friday.
A federal judge has ordered the North Carolina State Board of Elections to proceed with a plan the state Supreme Court set out for resolving an election dispute over a seat on the state’s high court. The federal order blocks election officials from certifying the race’s results.
The North Carolina Supreme Court split 4-2 Friday afternoon in a decision designed to resolve the dispute over last fall’s high court election. A unanimous court agreed that more than 60,000 ballots cast by voters with incomplete voter registration records should count. But the fate of 5,700 other challenged ballots remains uncertain.
Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin urges that court not to step back into his election dispute with the North Carolina State Board of Elections and Democrat Allison Riggs. Griffin filed paperwork Friday morning asking the high court to allow a state Appeals Court decision in the case to stand.
Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin faces an 11 a.m. Friday deadline to respond to the latest court filings in his election dispute with the State Board of Elections and Democrat Allison Riggs. A state Supreme Court order Thursday afternoon set that deadline.
