NC Supreme Court Suspends All Candidate Filing Due to Redistricting Suits

North Carolina -- Dec 8, 2021 The North Carolina Supreme Court has suspended candidate for all statewide offices

for the 2022 primary elections, according to a press release from the State Board of Elections. Filing will be halted for all municipal candidates and races on Wednesday, including races originally scheduled for this November, as well as any filing period in January for those contests.

NC State Board of Elections, this includes "the rescheduled municipal contests, and any separate filing period for those municipal contests in January."

The Court also moved the date of the primary and rescheduled municipal elections back more than two months – to Tuesday, May 17, 2022. It had been scheduled for March 8. 

Today, Governor Roy Cooper issued the following statement:

"Today’s order by the state Supreme Court restores faith in the rule of law and it is necessary for the Court to rule on the constitutionality of these unfair districts before the next election."

wnctimes Marjorie Farrington