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.

The North Carolina Court of Appeals paved the way for a law removing appointment power to the state elections board from Gov. Josh Stein (D-NC) and giving it to Republican State Auditor Dave Boliek to go into effect.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina’s elections board became a Republican majority on Thursday as the GOP state auditor appointed a new panel one day after an appeals court ruled a law shifting that power away from the Democratic governor could still be enforced while its constitutionality is deliberated.