Rusty Jacobs | WUNC

The Republican candidate for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court now wants the justices on that bench to help him win. Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs defeated Republican Jefferson Griffin by more than 700 votes. Her re-election was confirmed by a statewide machine recount and partial hand-to-eye recount.

North Carolina elections officials must make room on the ballot for another presidential candidate this fall. The state elections board had voted 3-2 to deny official recognition for the Justice for All Party, whose presidential nominee is professor and Civil Rights activist Cornel West. The party had collected enough petition signatures for recognition under state law — but the board's Democratic majority said the group's tactics were misleading. A federal district court judge has now overruled that decision.

Legislative Republicans in North Carolina want the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a state redistricting case.