A day after issuing a ruling that the North Carolina State Board of Elections violated its own rules and must conduct a new hearing into local elections board members, an administrative law judge issued a new order striking her own ruling.
“The Undersigned, sua sponte, ORDERS that the Final Decision on Summary Judgment in this matter be stricken nunc pro tunc as of February 12, 2026 and immediately removed from the docket,” ALJ Linda Nelson wrote in an order Friday.
“Sua sponte” means Nelson made the decision on her own without a request from any party in a legal dispute. “Nunc pro tunc” means Friday’s decision is backdated to take effect Thursday…