
North Carolina Supreme Court delays primaries over redistricting lawsuits
CNN
The North Carolina Supreme Court issued an order Wednesday that moves the state's primary elections from March 2022 to May 2022, due to lawsuits over redistricting maps for congressional and state legislative districts.
The preliminary injunction also halts candidate filing, reversing an earlier state Court of Appeals ruling. Any candidate who has already successfully filed will remain valid. According to the State Board of Elections, more than 1,400 candidates had already filed for various offices.
The court order will move all of the state's primary elections, not just the ones affected by the maps at the center of the lawsuit, from March 8 to May 17. North Carolina's primaries had been among the earliest, but as legal challenges continue against maps around the country, it's possible North Carolina's won't be the only ones delayed.