Gov. Stein sues to block GOP-led law stripping his power to make court appointments By Galen Bacharier North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein sued Friday to block part of a Republican-led law that limits who ...

The ruling comes after GOP candidate Judge Jefferson Griffin attempted to throw out tens of thousands of ballots.

A North Carolina trial judge has upheld decisions by election officials to reject protests by the trailing candidate in a ...

A Wake County Superior Court judge has ruled against Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin, who is trying to invalidate more ...

Allison Riggs maintains a 734-vote lead over Republican rival Jefferson Griffin. The case is likely to reach the state ...

An appeals court agreed Tuesday that a federal trial judge acted properly last month in declining to rule on the eligibility ...

An appeals court agreed Tuesday that a federal trial judge acted properly last month in declining to rule on the eligibility of tens of thousands of voters last fall in an unresolved North Carolina ...

The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in the uncertified race for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme ...

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and by fewer than 300 overseas voters who have never lived in the U.S. but whose parents were deemed North Carolina residents ...

In November, the incumbent, Associate Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat, appeared to barely eke out a victory over her challenger, Jefferson Griffin, a Republican seeking to move up from the state ...

Riggs, who currently is on the State Supreme Court, has recused herself from the case. "This case became moot on Wednesday evening when the North Carolina Supreme Court dismissed the petition for ...