North Carolina Judge Denies Republicans' Request To Toss 60,000 Ballots

Today, a North Carolina judge rejected a request from the Republican National Committee (RNC), North Carolina GOP, Wake County GOP and two voters to toss out nearly 60,000 ballots cast in all November 2024 statewide races.

The ruling comes against the backdrop of concurrent legal challenges brought by the losing GOP candidate for North Carolina Supreme Court Seat 6, Jefferson Griffin, who is relentlessly contesting his defeat to incumbent Democratic Justice Allison Riggs that was confirmed by two separate recounts.

The certification of Riggs’ victory by the North Carolina State Board of Elections currently remains on hold as a result of a Jan. 7 order from the Republican-dominated state Supreme Court issued in one of Griffin’s ongoing contests.

Largely similar to Griffin’s cases, Republicans’ legal bid mounts challenges to tens of thousands of ballots cast by voters whom the GOP alleges unlawfully failed to provide driver’s license or social security numbers on their voter registration applications. However, unlike Griffin’s lawsuits, the recent GOP action did not raise claims against ballots cast by certain overseas voters.


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