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NC elections board rejects Pembroke mayor’s arguments in Appeals Court filing

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.

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All-Republican court panel blocked 2023 Pembroke mayor’s race certification

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.

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