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 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.

Scholars who study governments around the globe say a legal challenge over a contested seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court is similar to attempts to weaken democracy in other countries. Eight scholars filed an amicus brief Wednesday with the U.

Republicans on the state's highest court suggested they are willing to toss Democrat Allison Riggs' election win

A political war has erupted over a state Supreme Court race in North Carolina more than two months after Democrats appeared to narrowly clinch the seat. Justice Allison Riggs, the Democratic incumbent,

One of North Carolina's most consequential 2024 races remains undecided, as a challenge mounted by the race's apparent loser is on an anything-but-straightforward path through state and federal courts.

The state's high court ruled that the challenge of the validity of more than 60,000 votes must be heard by the Wake County Superior Court first.

Mr Griffin is questioning several sets of voters. They include 5,500 who live abroad or on military bases and did not present a photo ID with their absentee ballots. Another group of just over 60,000 filed registration forms missing a Social Security or driving-licence number. Among the rest, he says, are felons and dead people.

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.

An incumbent Democrat narrowly won re-election to the state’s highest court. But the Republican-controlled court is considering an unusual protest from her challenger that could flip the result.

In a story published Jan. 22, 2025, about litigation over an unresolved North Carolina Supreme Court election, The Associated Press erroneously attributed portions of a court opinion about the case

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.