North Carolina Supreme Court blocks state from certifying Democrat as winner in top court race

A Democrat Won a Supreme Court Election in North Carolina. GOP Justices Are Blocking Her Certification.

The Republican-controlled state Supreme Court of North Carolina ruled on Tuesday to block the certification of a Democratic candidate for justice, entertaining dubious claims of election fraud from her Republican opponent seeking to toss out tens of thousands of votes in the 2024 election. Democratic incumbent Justice Allison Riggs — who abstained from the decision because it involved her own… Source

North Carolina Supreme Court Pauses Election Certification To Consider Handing Election To Loser Judge

It’s a tough contest for who’s the most making-shit-up-judges out there these days, but for your consideration, four Republicans on the North Carolina state supreme court who’ve decided to give real, actual consideration to throwing out more than 60,000 legitimate votes like so many Cheerwine cans onto I-40, and handing a state supreme court seat to the losing Republican candidate, based on ZERO evidence that any kind of fraud happened. Yes, jud…

N.C. Supreme Court tries stealing election to add another MAGA Republican to its ranks

The MAGA-dominated North Carolina Supreme Court Republican party has sparked a major constitutional crisis by blocking the certification of Justice Allison Riggs’ Nov. 5 re-election victory in a highly contested race for a seat on the Court. Riggs, a Democrat and incumbent appointed to the Court in 2023, was initially declared the winner by a narrow margin of 734 votes following multiple recounts. Over 5.5 million voters cast ballots in the elec…

UPDATE: Republicans on North Carolina Supreme Court block certification of Democratic justice's election victory

North Carolina Supreme Court Allison Riggs (D) on December 7, 2022. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)On Monday, Congress certified the results of the 2024 presidential election in routine fashion. Some concluded that, due to Trump's victory, there would be no attacks on the democratic process this year. But that is not the case. Efforts to undermine free and fair elections are now a standard component of the Republican playbook. And increasin…

Challenge of NC Supreme Court seat results may be uphill fight

CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A lawsuit filed in a race for a North Carolina State Supreme Court race may be facing an uphill battle. In late filings released Tuesday night, two conservative justices signaled a challenge of 60,000 ballots from Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin may not be able to overturn the results of an election where the Democratic incumbent, Allison Riggs, won by 734 votes. PREVIOUS | NC Supreme Court delays certif…

Are North Carolina Republicans trying to steal a state Supreme Court seat?

Then-attorney Allison Riggs, with the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, speaks to the press in front of the US Supreme Court building in Washington, DC, on December 7, 2022. | Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images North Carolina’s Supreme Court has temporarily prohibited the state’s Board of Elections from certifying the election of sitting Democratic Justice Allison Riggs to the bench on Tuesday, despite her 734-vote victory over Republic…