Litigation filed against North Carolina’s State Board of Elections on Tuesday contests a memo of instruction to county boards of elections in conflict with absentee by mail ballot state laws. For the board,

The decision set off a scramble among election officials, who must replace ballots just as they were about to be sent out in the swing state

North Carolina's Board of Elections said Friday that it has appealed an order from the state's Court of Appeals to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from 2024 general election ballots. The big picture: The move comes hours after the North Carolina appeals court blocked the state from sending out absentee ballots while it considers a lawsuit from the former third-party presidential candidate,