North Carolina’s Republican state auditor has started making appointments to a new State Board of Elections because an appeals court said a law can still be enforced while it is challenged by Democratic Gov.

RALEIGH, North Carolina — North Carolina trial judges on Wednesday threw out another Republican attempt to strip the governor of his authority to appoint State Board of Elections members, declaring that a law shifting the task to the state auditor is unconstitutional.

A North Carolina appeals court has ruled that a law stripping the governor’s authority to appoint State Board of Elections members can take effect for now