GOP-led N.C. Supreme Court blocks finalizing election for Democratic justice

January 7, 2025 at 6:33 p.m. EST
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By Patrick Marley and Colby Itkowitz

Republicans on the North Carolina Supreme Court blocked state officials Tuesday from certifying the reelection of one of their Democratic colleagues and signaled they would decide within weeks whether to throw out tens of thousands of ballots.

The move could change the election results and strengthen the GOP’s control of the swing state’s high court. It comes two months after Justice Allison Riggs (D) eked out a 734-vote victory over Jefferson Griffin, a Republican who sits on the state court of appeals.

After the election, Griffin challenged about 60,000 ballots cast by voters who have not provided election officials with their driver’s license number or the last four digits of their Social Security number. Democrats who control the state elections board rejected his arguments last month, and Griffin asked the state Supreme Court to prevent the elections board from including those ballots in its final tally.

On Tuesday, the court issued a brief order barring the elections board from certifying the results. It said it will accept briefs on the case through Jan. 24.

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