North Carolina justice sworn in after long battle over result
‘You chose a path forward where power stays in the hands of people, not politicians.’
‘You chose a path forward where power stays in the hands of people, not politicians.’
The timing of the dismissal was a bit surprising.
Election results show Democrat Allison Riggs ahead of GOP challenger Jefferson Griffin by just 734 votes from over 5.5 million ballots cast.
The North Carolina Supreme Court ruling means elections officials will have to reprint ballots without Kennedy and reassemble absentee ballot packets.
The new Republican majority has ruled favorably for GOP legislators by striking down previous redistricting decisions and upholding a photo voter identification mandate.
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is not a legal party in the case but supports carrying out the plan that his administration helped create.
Rehearing a case is an option for the court when someone contends justices ‘overlooked or misapprehended’ facts or laws.
Allison Riggs is a co-leader of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice in Durham.