Repubs in NC disgrace themselves.

[berg80]

North Carolina Supreme Court GOP Candidate ‘Seeks to Tilt the Playing Field in His Favor’​

Today the North Carolina Supreme Court issued an extended version of its order blocking the certification of a race for a seat on its own bench, which included extended, scathing dissents from Democratic Justice Anita Earls and Republican Justice Richard Dietz.

“At bottom, the timing of [Jefferson] Griffin’s claims speaks volumes about their substance,” Earls wrote. “By waiting until after the votes were cast and the results tallied, Griffin seeks to retroactively rewrite the rules of the election to tilt the playing field in his favor.”

Griffin, the GOP candidate for the state Supreme Court, lost to Democratic Incumbent Justice Allison Riggs in the initial vote count and after the two subsequent recounts. He filed challenges to over 60,000 ballots, and after the North Carolina Board of Elections rejected his challenges, he took his case to court.

The Court’s overwhelming Republican majority decided to temporarily block certification of the race Tuesday and agreed to hear Griffin’s ballot challenges case.

North Carolina Supreme Court GOP Candidate 'Seeks to Tilt the Playing Field in His Favor'

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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North Carolina GOP lawmakers override veto of bill to strip power from incoming Democratic officials​

North Carolina GOP lawmakers override veto of bill to strip power from incoming Democratic officials

Democrats have slammed the legislation as a power grab, with state Republicans on track lose their legislative supermajority next year.

www.nbcnews.com

They will stop at nothing to rule, including overriding the will of the voters.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

North Carolina Supreme Court GOP Candidate ‘Seeks to Tilt the Playing Field in His Favor’​

Today the North Carolina Supreme Court issued an extended version of its order blocking the certification of a race for a seat on its own bench, which included extended, scathing dissents from Democratic Justice Anita Earls and Republican Justice Richard Dietz.

“At bottom, the timing of [Jefferson] Griffin’s claims speaks volumes about their substance,” Earls wrote. “By waiting until after the votes were cast and the results tallied, Griffin seeks to retroactively rewrite the rules of the election to tilt the playing field in his favor.”

Griffin, the GOP candidate for the state Supreme Court, lost to Democratic Incumbent Justice Allison Riggs in the initial vote count and after the two subsequent recounts. He filed challenges to over 60,000 ballots, and after the North Carolina Board of Elections rejected his challenges, he took his case to court.

The Court’s overwhelming Republican majority decided to temporarily block certification of the race Tuesday and agreed to hear Griffin’s ballot challenges case.

North Carolina Supreme Court GOP Candidate 'Seeks to Tilt the Playing Field in His Favor'

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

This follows..........

North Carolina GOP lawmakers override veto of bill to strip power from incoming Democratic officials​

North Carolina GOP lawmakers override veto of bill to strip power from incoming Democratic officials

Democrats have slammed the legislation as a power grab, with state Republicans on track lose their legislative supermajority next year.

www.nbcnews.com

They will stop at nothing to rule, including overriding the will of the voters.

The right’s war on democracy continues.

 

[berg80]

The right’s war on democracy continues.

It's the brazen way they abuse their power that's so disturbing.

Democrats and voting rights groups are sounding the alarm after the North Carolina Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked the state election board from certifying the Democratic winner of a Supreme Court race.

The court will decide in coming weeks whether to throw out tens of thousands of votes and thereby overturn the result of the Democratic incumbent justice’s victory.

In a Wednesday statement, Embry Owens, spokesperson for the Democratic incumbent Justice Allison Riggs’ campaign, blasted state appeals court Judge Jefferson Griffin, Riggs’ challenger, for refusing to accept his electoral defeat.

“Judge Jefferson Griffin has not just refused to concede–he has taken the astonishing step of seeking to toss the ballots of more than 60,000 legal North Carolina voters.”

Both voting rights groups and Democratic state lawmakers are also criticizing Republicans’ on the state Supreme Court over the decision — and the conflict of interest presented by the court temporarily blocking the certification of an election that will decide who sits on that very court.

“They’re basically stealing this election,” Nicole Quick, head Government Relations associate at the non-partisan Carolina Forward, said in an interview with TPM. “It’s terrifying.”

North Carolina Dems Denounce ‘Astonishing’ State Supreme Court Move To Block Certification Of Dem Victory

Democrats and voting rights groups are sounding the alarm after the North...

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[bluzman61]

And.........berg strikes out AGAIN. Better luck next time.