Copland Rudolph cast a ballot in the November election, just as she has for years, with her vote counting on a long list of North Carolina contests that were settled soon after. Nearly three months later,

The GOP is trying to overturn a closely watched North Carolina Supreme Court election where two recounts show Democratic Justice Allison Riggs holding on to her seat by 734 votes.

Riggs won the race by a slim, 734 vote margin in November out of more than 5 million votes cast, which is not unprecedented in a North Carolina Supreme Court race. Two recounts — one machine and one partially by hand — confirmed that victory.

In early January, the Republican majority on the North Carolina Supreme Court blocked the State Board of Elections from certifying the victory of Democratic Justice Allison Riggs