Yesterday marked four months since Election Day, but North Carolinians somehow still don’t know who will fill a key seat on the state supreme court.
A group of House Republicans proposed a bill last month that would make Election Day a holiday in North Carolina. House Bill 31 now has more than 50 co-sponsors from both parties — including two dozen additional Republicans — a welcome display of bipartisanship at a time when it feels like no one can agree on much of anything.
Griffin, a Republican, has a legal expense fund on file with the State Board of Elections, but the filings are quarterly and won’t be updated until mid-April. As of the end of last year, the fund shows $17,200 raised and $14,000 in legal expenditures.
Former local elections directors from across the state and ex-military officials and service members' spouses have filed briefs against Jefferson Griffin in his legal battle to turn around his electoral loss in a race for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Since the middle of the 20th century, federal courts have played a vital role in policing the fair conduct of elections and election disputes. Previously, nearly all such matters were left to the state courts. Still, the federal judiciary played an essential part in ensuring that state courts did not trample on voters' fundamental civil rights.
The consultant, Arthur Schwartz, has close ties to Trump’s orbit and helped shepherd Pete Hegseth’s defense secretary bid through the Senate.
The percentage of people voting overseas is small, but North Carolina is a closely contested swing state where even small margins can make a difference. Republican Jefferson Griffin trails Democratic Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs by just 734 votes,
Overseas voters and the Brennan Center are asking a court to deny a losing candidate’s effort to rewrite election rules after ballots were legally cast.
A North Carolina representative wants to codify a challenged election rule for military and overseas voters. Durham Representative Marcia Morey’s bill says military and overseas voters are not required to include a photocopy of their ID when they vote.
North Carolina judges are elected in partisan elections with an "R" or a "D" next to their name on the ballot, just like any other politician. Democratic lawmakers want to make judicial elections nonpartisan again.
The ongoing legal battle over 60,000 ballots in the North Carolina Supreme Court election could have significant implications for the state’s judicial system, influencing the court’s short-term composition and possibly establishing new,
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