Confusion Shrouds High Court Election Case With 2024 on Horizon

The US Supreme Court’s surprise decision to seek additional briefing in a North Carolina voting case could push an open question on the role of state officials in setting federal election rules into 2024.

The justices, who have already heard the case, gave the parties until March 20 to submit additional briefs. They want to know whether action in February by North Carolina’s state supreme court means that the lower court intends to snatch it back and possibly rule anew.

The possibility that the case is delayed or dropped or if the North Carolina court takes things ...