After a decade of battles over voter ID, the law that finally went into effect landed with a whimper, not a bang.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — CNN wants a court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson that attacks its report that he made explicit posts on a pornography website’s message board. The network says Robinson presented no evidence that the network believed its story was false or aired it recklessly.

This week, North Carolina Republicans continued making moves in the halls of power to both seize authority over future elections and steal a victory for an apparently defeated Republican high-court candidate.

As the contest for a seat on the NC Supreme Court remains close, some cast doubt on how election results are certified. Here’s how it works.

The North Carolina State Board of Elections’ top administrator wants a powerful legislator to retract a comment that he made suggesting this month’s results were being manipulated

The state’s Republican-controlled legislature passed a sweeping bill that would erode the power of the Democratic governor and attorney general and hand the G.O.P. more control over elections.

The last-minute inclusions strip the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general of significant authority before the GOP loses its supermajority.

The narrowly trailing Republican candidate in the race for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat has formally requested a statewide recount

North Carolina county election boards began their recounts Wednesday in a much-watched Supreme Court contest in which just over 600 votes separate the Democratic and Republican candidates.

Democrats fell short again in wresting away swing-state prize North Carolina from Republicans in the presidential election.

The final counts by counties are about over and a Democratic incumbent on North Carolina’s Supreme Court has an ever-slight lead over a Republican challenger.