Cooper elections board suit shifted to three-judge panel, no action on restraining order
Gov. Roy Cooper's lawsuit against a new North Carolina state elections board will move to a three-judge panel.
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Gov. Roy Cooper's lawsuit against a new North Carolina state elections board will move to a three-judge panel.
Two lawsuits challenging North Carolina’s new statewide election maps are likely to head to trial in June 2025. The three-judge panel overseeing the cases released that information Wednesday.
Top Republican state lawmakers have asked a federal judge to pause a third lawsuit challenging 2023 changes to North Carolina’s state election law. The judge already has placed two related lawsuits on hold this month. Unlike the other two cases, plaintiffs from the left-of-center activist group Democracy North Carolina have not agreed to stay the proceedings in their case.
A three-judge panel overseeing former state Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr’s “fair elections” lawsuit has delayed a hearing in the case until June 13. The delay stems at least in part from the recent death of longtime Republican redistricting lawyer Thomas Farr.
The three-judge panel overseeing two federal redistricting lawsuits in North Carolina will hold its first hearing in the cases on May 28. The suits challenge the state’s congressional and legislative election maps.