Stein, Republican NC lawmakers square off over control of elections

Appeals Court takes on NC elections board appointments dispute

Control over appointments to North Carolina’s State Board of Elections depends on the outcome of a legal dispute that headed to the state’s second-highest court Tuesday afternoon. A three-judge North Carolina Court of Appeals panel heard nearly an hour of oral arguments in a case called Stein v. Berger or Stein v. Hall. Gov. Josh Stein, a Democrat, is asking appellate judges to reverse previous court orders that allowed Republican legislative le…

Stein, Republican NC lawmakers square off over control of elections

The North Carolina Court of Appeals will hear arguments in a case that could determine which political party is in charge of setting the rules for and confirming the results of the state’s elections.

Gov. Josh Stein’s challenge to election power shift goes before NC appeals court

A panel of judges on the North Carolina Court of Appeals on Tuesday heard arguments in Democratic Gov. Josh Stein’s challenge to a major power shift that stripped him of his appointments to state and local election boards.