NC Supreme Court /tags/nc-supreme-court NC Supreme Court en-US Copyright Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:59:11 GMT NC Supreme Court passing for now on ruling if ballots in close race are valid /politics/2025-01-23/nc-supreme-court-passing-for-now-on-ruling-if-ballots-in-close-race-are-valid The North Carolina Supreme Court has dismissed a request by the trailing candidate in an close race for a seat on the court to rule now on whether well over 60,000 ballots should be removed from the tally. The justices on Wednesday ordered that the appeals of Republican Jefferson Griffin should be heard by the local trial court, as state law directs how appeals of protests rejected by the State Board of Elections should be handled. Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:59:11 GMT /politics/2025-01-23/nc-supreme-court-passing-for-now-on-ruling-if-ballots-in-close-race-are-valid Associated Press Race for North Carolina Supreme Court seat is last uncertified statewide contest in the nation /politics/2025-01-22/north-carolina-supreme-court-seat-last-uncertified-race The N.C. Supreme Court is weighing whether to toss out more than 60,000 ballots cast in the race for a seat on that tribunal. That race is the last uncertified statewide contest in the nation. Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:58:26 GMT /politics/2025-01-22/north-carolina-supreme-court-seat-last-uncertified-race Rusty Jacobs Republican in disputed state judicial race targets ballots from blue counties /politics/2025-01-19/republican-in-disputed-state-judicial-race-wants-ballots-from-blue-counties-tossed Republican judicial candidate Jefferson Griffin is looking back to a 2004 statewide election in his efforts to persuade the North Carolina Supreme Court to invalidate more than 60,000 ballots — and reverse his loss — in a race for a seat on that tribunal. Sun, 19 Jan 2025 18:43:38 GMT /politics/2025-01-19/republican-in-disputed-state-judicial-race-wants-ballots-from-blue-counties-tossed Rusty Jacobs NC Supreme Court candidate wants military absentee votes tossed. Years earlier, that's how he voted. /politics/2025-01-19/nc-supreme-court-jefferson-griffin-military-absentee-votes-uocava Republican Jefferson Griffin is trying to overturn his election loss by asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to toss 5,500 military and overseas absentee ballots. He used the same method to vote in 2019 and 2020. Sun, 19 Jan 2025 17:35:35 GMT /politics/2025-01-19/nc-supreme-court-jefferson-griffin-military-absentee-votes-uocava Doug Bock Clark | ProPublica Fight for state Supreme Court seat part of a wider GOP power grab, Democrats say /politics/2025-01-14/nc-supreme-court-seat-gop-power-grab-democrats While a Republican judicial candidate fights in state and federal courts to invalidate more than 60,000 ballots in his race for a state Supreme Court seat, GOP state lawmakers are in court defending a law that would shift authority over elections in North Carolina from the Democratic governor's office to the GOP state auditor. Tue, 14 Jan 2025 16:57:04 GMT /politics/2025-01-14/nc-supreme-court-seat-gop-power-grab-democrats Rusty Jacobs The contested race for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat is drawing national attention /politics/2025-01-13/north-carolina-supreme-court-race-national-attention The chairman of the Democratic National Committee joined North Carolina's former governor and head of the state's Democratic Party to denounce a Republican candidate's attempts to invalidate more than 60,000 ballots in a tight state Supreme Court race. Mon, 13 Jan 2025 22:16:09 GMT /politics/2025-01-13/north-carolina-supreme-court-race-national-attention Rusty Jacobs More legal briefs sought in unresolved North Carolina Supreme Court election /politics/2025-01-10/more-legal-briefs-sought-in-unresolved-north-carolina-supreme-court-election A federal appeals court has agreed to hear more arguments involving a close election in November for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday scheduled oral arguments for Jan. 27 and briefing deadlines. Sat, 11 Jan 2025 01:04:22 GMT /politics/2025-01-10/more-legal-briefs-sought-in-unresolved-north-carolina-supreme-court-election Associated Press Attorney went around opposing counsel for order blocking certification of a disputed state Supreme Court election /politics/2025-01-09/jefferson-griffin-attorney-block-certification-state-supreme-court-election Attorney Craig Schauer, who represents Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin, went before a Wake County judge earlier this week without opposing counsel present to get an order blocking certification of the election. Griffin is trying to have more than 60,000 ballots invalidated in his race to unseat incumbent Democratic state Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs. Thu, 09 Jan 2025 22:32:38 GMT /politics/2025-01-09/jefferson-griffin-attorney-block-certification-state-supreme-court-election Rusty Jacobs North Carolina Supreme Court's conservative majority divided on disputed judicial race /2025-01-08/north-carolina-supreme-courts-conservative-majority-divided-on-disputed-judicial-race One of the high court's conservative justices dissented from an order blocking certification of an election in which a Democratic incumbent justice leads a GOP challenger. Wed, 08 Jan 2025 19:57:08 GMT /2025-01-08/north-carolina-supreme-courts-conservative-majority-divided-on-disputed-judicial-race Rusty Jacobs Federal judge punts disputed judicial race back to North Carolina's conservative state Supreme Court /2025-01-06/nc-supreme-court-race-federal-judge-allison-riggs-jefferson-griffin Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin is getting what he wanted: To have the heavily conservative state Supreme Court decide whether to invalidate more than 60,000 ballots and possibly reverse his electoral loss to unseat North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs Tue, 07 Jan 2025 01:46:01 GMT /2025-01-06/nc-supreme-court-race-federal-judge-allison-riggs-jefferson-griffin Rusty Jacobs