A federal judge has ordered the results of North Carolina’s Supreme Court race to be certified, in a ruling that, if upheld, would wrap up an election that had drawn out for months after a challenge over the eligibility of thousands of ballots.

Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Myers in Raleigh sided with Justice Allison Riggs ordering N.C.'s election board to not throw out any ballots.

A federal judge ordered North Carolina's election board on Monday to not throw out any ballots cast by voters in November in a close race for a seat on the state's Supreme Court and to certify a sitting Democratic justice's electoral victory.