Most elections are decided at the ballot box. This one may be decided in court - by the very justices who will sit alongside whoever is ultimately declared the winner.

The state Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would not immediately decide on Judge Jefferson Griffin’s request to discard votes cast in his election, sending the case back to Wake County Superior Court.

In a blow to Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate for a seat on the state Supreme Court, that court has ordered that it won't fast-track his effort to throw