A federal judge sent a battle over a North Carolina Supreme Court election back to the state's highest court. The state's highest court then blocked the certification of the election results between Democratic Associate Justice Allison Riggs and GOP challenger Jefferson Griffin. Griffin is challenging the validity of thousands of ballots, while Riggs contends that 60,000 ballots should be invalidated. The outcome will determine an eight-year term on a Supreme Court where five of the seven current justices are registered Republicans.
A federal judge on Monday kicked the battle over an election to fill a spot on North Carolina's Supreme Court back to the state's highest court.North Carolina's highest court on Tuesday then blocked the certification of the election results between Democrat ic Associate Justice Allison Riggs and GOP challenger Jefferson Griffin.
The state election board that dismissed Griffin's protests is composed of three Democrats and two Republicans. The Supreme Court in the nation's ninth-largest state has been a partisan flash point in recent years in court battles involving redistricting, photo voter identification and other voting rights. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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