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Democrats and voting rights activists are excoriating a majority ruling from the North Carolina Court of Appeals Friday that takes a Republican judicial candidate one step closer to overturning the r...
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Riggs leads Griffin by 734 votes after two recounts of the over 5.5 million ballots cast in the election.
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NC court upholds Griffin’s challenge in state Supreme Court race, gives voters 15 days to confirm eligibility
Five months after Republican Jefferson Griffin lost the N.C. Supreme Court race to Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs, a panel of three judges on the N.C. Court of Appeals ruled that over 60,000 ballots that Griffin claims are fraudulent should be recounted.
Appeals court sides with Griffin, opens lane for the Republican to win seat on NC Supreme Court
A majority of a three-judge appeals court panel has given thousands of voters whose ballots are being challenged 15 days to verify their eligibility
NC Court of Appeals gives over 60,000 challenged voters 15 days to prove eligibility
The majority wrote that, even though they have the authority to completely throw out the contested ballots, they decided to instead mandate a cure period for most of the challenged voters.
Court directive to locate voters in close North Carolina election blocked for now
In a pair of one-sentence statements without objections, the Supreme Court issued a temporary stay of Friday's order by a Court of Appeals panel that in part directed election workers to identify and contact potentially tens of thousands of voters whose ballots were challenged by Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin.
N.C. Supreme Court Halts Voter Eligibility Review in Contested Judicial Race
A razor-close race for a seat on the court is the last 2024 statewide election in the nation to remain uncertified.
‘Power grab’: Politicians, voters react to NC appeals court ruling in Griffin case
Republican Jefferson Griffin is contesting his narrow loss by challenging over 65,000 ballots, and an appeals court just ruled in his favor.
NC appeals court rules in Jefferson Griffin’s favor. Read the decision and the dissent.
The court ordered that over 60,000 challenged voters will have 15 days to prove their eligibility or have their votes thrown out, potentially flipping the election result. Read the decision here.
North Carolina Appeals Court sides with Griffin in Supreme Court election dispute
A North Carolina Appeals Court has sided with Republican Jefferson Griffin in the ongoing unsettled election over the final seat on the state Supreme Court.
Republican Jefferson Griffin wins NC appeals court challenge in case contesting 65K ballots
A Republican judge's effort to throw out 65,000 voters' ballots from the 2024 NC Supreme Court election is valid, his Republican colleagues on the state Court of Appeals ruled in a decision split down party lines.
Court directive to notify voters in close North Carolina election blocked for now
North Carolina’s Supreme Court has temporarily halted enforcement of a decision by an appeals court that favored a Republican candidate in a close and unresolved November election for the state’s high
Jefferson Griffin wins election lawsuit at NC appeals court, in case challenging 65,000 ballots
Thousands of votes in the 2024 election may have been counted illegally, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Friday in a case that could determine the outcome of last year’s election for an open seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court.
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Lost Cause ideology factors into this North Carolina judge’s refusal to admit defeat
By challenging 65,000 ballots that were cast in November, Judge Griffin continues to try to whittle down the electorate after the fact to tip the race in his favor.
Things Are Getting Dire in That State Judicial Race the GOP Is Trying to Steal
The court is also mandating that military and overseas voters in heavily Democratic Guilford County provide a copy of their photo IDs, even though the voter-ID statute doesn’t apply to them. Gore is a former member of the National Guard, and he ran a “joint campaign” with Griffin and other Republicans in 2020. He’ll be on the ballot again in 2028.
Democrat: "Deeply misinformed" NC ruling threatens to "disenfranchise" voters and overturn election
In a statement following the ruling, Riggs vowed to appeal the decision.
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