The State Board of Elections is now temporarily blocked from certifying Allison Riggs as the winner in the Supreme Court election while the court considers her opponent’s challenge of 60,000 ballots.

The North Carolina Supreme Court blocked state officials from certifying the Democratic candidate as the winner of a razor-thin race for the state’s high court.

Republican Jefferson Griffin lost by 734 votes, but he has contested the eligibility of 60,000 ballots cast in the election.