Panel denies request to delay N.C. primaries

A three-judge panel today denied a request to delay the May 8 primaries.

Registered Democrats and advocacy groups are fighting new Republican-drawn districts for legislative and congressional seats.

They wanted the primaries moved from May to July to allow time for courts to rule on their lawsuit.

Alexander Peters, a special deputy Attorney General, said challengers waited too long to ask for the preliminary injunction.

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