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DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF GUILFORD CTY. v. GUILFORD CTY. BD. OF ELECTIONS

No. 116A95.

467 S.E.2d 681 (1996)

342 N.C. 856

The DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF GUILFORD COUNTY and Ellen Emerson, Individually and as Chairperson of the Democratic Party of Guilford County, and Africa S. Hakeem v. GUILFORD COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS, B.J. Pearce, James Pfaff and Robert Newsome, III; and George Gilbert, Supervisor of the Guilford County Board of Elections.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Rehearing Denied May 9, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, L.L.P. by McNeill Smith and Andrew S. Chamberlin, Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellees.

Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A. by John R. Wester, J. Daniel Bishop, and Lawrence C. Moore, III, Charlotte, for defendant-appellants.

WHICHARD, Justice.

North Carolina held a general election on 6 November 1990. Defendant Guilford County Board of Elections (Board) had published notices informing voters that the polls would be open from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. Throughout the morning, defendant George Gilbert, the Guilford County Supervisor of Elections, received several complaints concerning the length of lines at several polling places in the county. Gilbert personally visited five precincts and...

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