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The order from the Court of Appeals tells the State Board of Elections to not act on felon voter registration applications until further notice.

The judges' decision expands on a preliminary injunction issued last August in a trial challenging a state law that delays the restoration of voting rights for some offenders who aren’t serving prison or jail time.

Republican-backed elections bills aim to curb voter access, say Democrats and civil rights groups.

One of several legal challenges to North Carolina’s contentious voter ID law is on hold amid a dispute over whether two justices on the state Supreme Court — one the son of arguably the state's most powerful Republican politician — should recuse themselves.

A court panel issued a ruling that restores voting rights for people in North Carolina with felony convictions who are on parole or probation. A formal written ruling from the judges is expected later this week.

A state trial began Monday in a lawsuit challenging when voting rights are restored for convicted felons in North Carolina.

State lawmakers soon will start the redistricting process and if history is any guide, the effort to attain partisan advantage through political maps will end up in court.

North Carolina's Republican-led legislature soon will start the decennial redistricting process. One question is, will they look back on a decade's worth of litigation to carve a path towards fairer political maps or to gain as much political advantage as possible before courts take up the inevitable lawsuits?

A lawsuit filed by the Southern Coalition for Social Justice challenges the constitutionality of North Carolina's 2018 photo ID law.

Lawyers will be in North Carolina courts again this week, battling over photo ID laws. This comes as voting rights advocates challenge restrictive elections laws across the country, from Georgia to Arizona.