The Robeson County Board of Elections issued challenger Allen Dial a certificate of election Monday as the winner of Pembroke’s 2023 mayoral race.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections is urging the state’s highest court not to step into a legal dispute over the 2023 Pembroke mayoral race.
Pembroke Mayor Charles Gregory Cummings is seeking an emergency order from the North Carolina Supreme Court. Cummings hopes the high court will block a lower court ruling that could remove him from office.
A recent North Carolina court ruling might mean the end is near for a two-year legal battle over a Robeson County mayoral election. But one state Appeals Court judge hopes the case sparks new action on an issue that could crop up in future electoral contests. Judge Donna Stroud and two colleagues ruled unanimously on...
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled against Pembroke Mayor Gregory Cummings in a multiyear dispute over the town’s 2023 mayoral election.
A two-year dispute over the 2023 Pembroke mayor’s race reached the North Carolina Court of Appeals Tuesday.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections urges the state Appeals Court to uphold a lower court’s ruling against a 2023 election protest from Pembroke Mayor Gregory Cummings. Court orders in the case have allowed Cummings to remain in office nearly two years after he appeared to lose the 2023 election by 19 votes to challenger Allen Dial.
Three Republican members of the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued the April order effectively blocking certification of the 2023 mayoral race in Pembroke. Court rules blocked the release of the judges' names for 90 days. Now the court has revealed that Judges Julee Flood, Michael Stading, and Thomas Murry made up the unanimous panel that issued the order.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has issued an order effectively blocking certification of the 2023 Pembroke mayor’s race. The Appeals Court will take up incumbent Mayor Greg Cummings’ lawsuit challenging election results that show him losing by 19 votes.
The candidate who secured the most votes in the 2023 Pembroke mayoral race is urging the North Carolina Court of Appeals to reject his opponent’s latest request in an ongoing legal dispute. Allen Dial filed a court document Thursday asking the Appeals Court to deny Mayor Greg Cummings’ motion for a writ of supersedeas. The writ would block election officials from declaring Dial the winner of the 2023 election.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has blocked certification of the 2023 Pembroke mayor’s race as Mayor Greg Cummings continues to challenge the results. Challenger Allen Dial leads Cummings by 19 votes (197 to 178), according to State Board of Elections records of the November 2023 contest. But Cummings has been challenging those results for more than a year.
