A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked North Carolina election officials from contacting voters whose disputed ballots in an unresolved 2024 state Supreme Court race could be eliminated from the final count.

A panel of judges blocked a last-ditch effort by Republicans to take over the panel that oversees elections in the state.

Part of a new law taking power away from Democrats who won in the 2024 elections is unconstitutional, North Carolina judges ruled Wednesday, striking down effort to take control of elections from Gov.

The Republican challenger has embarked on an extraordinary effort to reverse his election loss that critics say is testing the boundaries of post-election litigation.

A panel of three North Carolina judges ruled Wednesday that the governor holds the power of appointing members to the State Board of Elections.

The ruling is a win for Democrats who, for now, will be able to retain a 3-2 majority on the State Board of Elections, as well as all 100 county boards of elections.

State Board of Elections members are to remain the appointments of the governor of North Carolina and not shift to the state auditor on May 1,

The court-ordered cure process threatens to disqualify thousands of votes and could flip the election in Jefferson Griffin’s favor.

North Carolina’s Supreme Court decided recently that ballots from two categories should have been left out of the tally of an unresolved November election for a seat on the court