North Carolina judges side with Republican [loser] in close Supreme Court election
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina appeals court sided Friday with the trailing Republican candidate in an extremely close state Supreme Court election, a ruling that could flip the result of the nation’s only 2024 race that is still undecided.
In a 2-1 decision with registered Republican judges composing the majority, a panel of the intermediate-level Court of Appeals ruled that ballots — likely tens of thousands of them — were wrongly allowed in the tally. But the ruling, if upheld, would give most of those voters a three-week window to provide additional information for their choices to count, or see the ballots get removed.
The disputed ballots are believed to favor Democratic Associate Justice Allison Riggs, who, after two recounts, held a 734-vote lead over Republican Jefferson Griffin in their race, which saw over 5.5 million ballots cast.
The judges on Friday found that the State Board of Elections got it wrong in December when it dismissed Griffin's election protests. Riggs quickly announced an appeal of the decision that should soon reach the state Supreme Court.
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