In November 2017, voters in Winterville, North Carolina chose city elected officials. The vote was close and the outcome was disputed. Normally the State Board of Elections would have made a final ruling, but because the State Board temporarily is deemed not to exist, the dispute had to be settled by a state court. See this story.
Ballot Access News
Edited By Richard Winger
Thus — who needs the board ???
— esp now — with all sorts of appeals to courts in election LAW cases.