North Carolina appeals court allows law stripping governor of elections board appointments

The North Carolina Court of Appeals paved the way for a law removing appointment power to the state elections board from Gov. Josh Stein (D-NC) and giving it to Republican State Auditor Dave Boliek to go into effect.

On Wednesday, the appellate court temporarily paused a Wake County Superior Court ruling from last week, which blocked the law, by a unanimous three-judge panel via an unsigned ruling. The order staying the decision is valid “pending disposition of defendant-appellants’ appeal or until further order of this Court,” per the appeals court.

The state elections board is made up of five members, typically three from the appointer’s party and two from the minority party, based on lists given by each of the state parties. With the court ruling

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