FAIRES v. STATE BD. OF ELECTIONS

No. 84A16.

784 S.E.2d 463 (2016)

Sabra FAIRES, Bennett Little Cotten, and Diane P. Lahti v. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS; A. Grant Whitney, Jr., Chair, and Rhonda K. Amoroso, Joshua D. Malcolm, Maja Kricker, and James L. Baker, members of the State Board, in their official capacities only; and Kim Westbrook Strach, Executive Director of the State Board, in her official capacity only.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 6, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tharrington Smith, LLP, Raleigh, by Michael Crowell , Deborah Stagner , Stephen Rawson , and Neal Ramee , for plaintiff-appellees.

Roy Cooper , Attorney General, by John F. Maddrey , Solicitor General; Elizabeth A. Fisher , Assistant Solicitor General; Alexander McC. Peters , Senior Deputy Attorney General; and Melissa L. Trippe , Special Deputy Attorney General, for defendant-appellants.

Graebe, Hanna & Sullivan PLLC, Raleigh, by Mark R. Sigmon ; American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation, by Christopher Brook , Raleigh and Jenifer Wolfe ; and Civitas Institute, Center for Law and Freedom, by Elliot Engstrom , for American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation and Civitas Institute, Center for Law and Freedom, amici curiae.

John V. Orth, pro se, amicus curiae.


Justice EDMUNDS took no part in the consideration or decision of this case. The remaining members of the Court are equally divided, with three members voting to affirm and three members voting to reverse the judgment of the three-judge panel of the Superior Court, Wake County. Accordingly, the judgment of the three-judge panel of the Superior...

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