North Carolina Supreme Court delays primaries until May 2022 | WSAU News / Talk 550 AM · 99.9 FM

(Reuters) – The North Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the delay of primaries in the state from March to May 2022, citing legal challenges to the political map. difficult.

The court said in its five-page written ruling that it was directing the state to hold primaries for all offices on May 17 and ordered a lower court judge than hold further proceedings on legal challenges.

The judges said the decision was made “in the great public interest given the subject matter of these cases, the importance of the issues to the constitutional law of this state and the necessity of urgently reach a final resolution on the value of the opportunity as soon as possible. ”

(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb and Radhika Anilkumar; Editing by Christopher Cushing)