All-Republican court panel blocked 2023 Pembroke mayor’s race certification

All-Republican court panel blocked 2023 Pembroke mayor’s race certification

Three Republican members of the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued the April order effectively blocking certification of the 2023 mayoral race in Pembroke. Court rules blocked the release of the judges’ names for 90 days. Now the court has revealed that Judges Julee Flood, Michael Stading, and Thomas Murry made up the unanimous panel that issued the order. It granted incumbent Mayor Greg Cummings’ request for a writ of supersedeas. The writ …