/tags/north-carolina-supreme-court North Carolina Supreme Court en-US Copyright Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:33:19 GMT /politics/2025-01-07/north-carolina-supreme-court-race-federal-elections-board-riggs-griffin attorneys for the state elections board have filed an appeal with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to reverse a federal judge's order remanding the case to North Carolina's Supreme Court Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:33:19 GMT /politics/2025-01-07/north-carolina-supreme-court-race-federal-elections-board-riggs-griffin Rusty Jacobs /politics/2024-12-12/legal-challenge-in-north-carolina-supreme-court-race-is-likely Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin's protests over more than 60,000 ballots got nowhere before the North Carolina State Board of Election, but he will likely appeal in state court Thu, 12 Dec 2024 22:01:46 GMT /politics/2024-12-12/legal-challenge-in-north-carolina-supreme-court-race-is-likely Rusty Jacobs /2024-12-10/elections-board-wont-order-recount-in-razor-thin-supreme-court-race Associate Justice Allison Riggs maintained a 734-vote lead over Jefferson Griffin following a machine recount completed last week. Griffin then asked for partial hand recount. That wrapped up Tuesday and actually had Riggs picking up more votes than Griffin. So the State Board of Elections won't order a complete hand recount. Tue, 10 Dec 2024 22:12:36 GMT /2024-12-10/elections-board-wont-order-recount-in-razor-thin-supreme-court-race Associated Press /politics/2024-11-12/supreme-court-race-north-carolina-provisional-ballots-election-2024 If the margin in a race for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court remains below 8,000 votes, the runner-up could demand a recount. Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:24:07 GMT /politics/2024-11-12/supreme-court-race-north-carolina-provisional-ballots-election-2024 Rusty Jacobs /politics/2024-11-07/provisional-ballots-north-carolina-supreme-court-race-2024 Republican Jefferson Griffin leads Democrat incumbent Justice Allison Riggs in a race for a seat on the state Supreme Court by fewer than 10,000 votes, with many thousands of provisional ballots still to process Thu, 07 Nov 2024 14:01:44 GMT /politics/2024-11-07/provisional-ballots-north-carolina-supreme-court-race-2024 Rusty Jacobs /politics/2024-09-13/2024-north-carolina-supreme-court-election-candidates-allison-riggs-jefferson-griffin The N.C. Supreme Court is the highest court in North Carolina where Republicans currently hold a 5-to-2 majority. This year, incumbent Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat, will face Republican Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin. Fri, 13 Sep 2024 18:20:40 GMT /politics/2024-09-13/2024-north-carolina-supreme-court-election-candidates-allison-riggs-jefferson-griffin Colin Campbell /politics/2024-09-10/uncertainty-looms-over-north-carolinas-ballot-process Ordered by the North Carolina Supreme Court to reprint absentee ballots, the state elections board said it's unsure when it can start sending ballots to voters who have requested them. Tue, 10 Sep 2024 18:16:25 GMT /politics/2024-09-10/uncertainty-looms-over-north-carolinas-ballot-process Rusty Jacobs /politics/2024-09-10/rfk-jr-ballot-north-carolina-michigan The highest courts in two states have ruled differently on efforts by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be removed from their presidential ballots. A divided North Carolina Supreme Court affirmed late Monday that he should be omitted from that state's ballots. Tue, 10 Sep 2024 12:40:48 GMT /politics/2024-09-10/rfk-jr-ballot-north-carolina-michigan Associated Press /politics/2024-06-19/nc-supreme-court-secret-discipline-gop-judges-propublica The decisions came despite the Judicial Standards Commission’s recommendations to publicly reprimand the judges, and these are likely the only times in more than a decade in which the court didn’t follow the commission’s guidance. Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:23:13 GMT /politics/2024-06-19/nc-supreme-court-secret-discipline-gop-judges-propublica Doug Bock Clark | ProPublica /education/2024-02-22/leandro-case-nc-supreme-courts-education-funding The North Carolina Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in the ongoing school funding case known as Leandro. Thu, 22 Feb 2024 21:11:14 GMT /education/2024-02-22/leandro-case-nc-supreme-courts-education-funding Liz Schlemmer