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Critics drop malapportionment claim in Watauga districts lawsuit
Critics challenging Watauga County local election districts are dropping their claims that the districts lead to malapportionment.
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Federal judge orders NC Supreme Court election plan to proceed
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.
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Appeals Court panel wrestles with NC Supreme Court election dispute
A North Carolina Court of Appeals panel spent more than 90 minutes Friday morning listening to arguments related to state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin’s challenge of more than 65,000 ballots cast in last fall’s election.
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Griffin offers NC Appeals Court final written arguments in election dispute
Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin argued in his latest court filing Monday that counting 65,000 “illegal” ballots would disenfranchise the millions of North Carolina voters who cast legal ballots in the Nov. 5 election. The state Court of Appeals is hearing Griffin's election dispute with the State Board of Elections and Democrat Allison Riggs.
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Griffin-Riggs case attracts Elias, left-of-center activists, former county elections directors
Left-of-center activist groups working with Democratic operative Marc Elias’ law firm hope to take part in the state Court of Appeals’ consideration of an election dispute involving a seat on the state Supreme Court. The case prompted court filings Thursday from the Elias clients and at least four other groups, including more than 40 former county elections directors.
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Left-of-center activist groups file brief opposing Griffin’s ballot challenges
Seven left-of-center activist groups and 26 individual voters filed a court document Monday opposing Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin’s attempt to block the State Board of Elections from counting 65,000 or more ballots from the Nov. 5 election.
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Trial court hearing scheduled Feb. 7 in NC Supreme Court dispute
Wake County’s top Superior Court judge has scheduled a Feb. 7 hearing in Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin’s lawsuits against the State Board of Elections. Griffin challenges more than 65,000 ballots cast in his election against appointed incumbent Democrat Allison Riggs.
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NC Supreme Court sends Griffin’s election complaint back to trial court
Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin will not be allowed to bypass a state trial court in his effort to block 65,000 or more votes from counting in his election against Democrat Allison Riggs. The state's highest court issued an order Wednesday sending the case back to Wake County Superior Court to address his election challenge.
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Key point in recent NC Supreme Court dissent gets lost in partisan spin
Those who cite North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Richard Dietz's dissent in an election dispute ignore his arguments supporting Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin.
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Amended NC Supreme Court order shows Dietz also dissented from blocking election certification
The North Carolina Supreme Court has amended its order blocking certification of the recent election to the state’s highest court. The amended order shows that the vote to grant Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin a temporary stay was 4-2, not 5-1. Republican Justice Richard Dietz joined Democratic Justice Anita Earls in dissent.
Opinion
Federal judge could thwart voter ID again
US District Judge Loretta Biggs could decide for a second time to block a photo identification requirement for North Carolina's elections.
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Judge pokes holes in redistricting challengers’ arguments
US District Judge James Dever argues that plaintiffs fall short of the high standard needed to justify the "odious" sorting of voters by race.
