Democrat Allison Riggs won re-election to supreme court by 734 votes but her opponent is challenging 60,000 ballots

The Republican majority on North Carolina’s supreme court blocked election officials from certifying the win of a Democratic justice on Tuesday after her opponent made attempts to toss out tens of thousands of votes.

Allison Riggs, a Democratic supreme court justice in North Carolina with a background as a voting rights lawyer, won re-election in November by 734 votes over the appellate judge Jefferson Griffin. Recounts confirmed her victory.