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Raleigh. The North Carolina Supreme Court has partially upheld a claim by Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin seeking to overturn thousands of votes cast in the November election, which could reverse the outcome of the race he loss for a seat on the state highest court.

According to all the official counts from the State Board of Elections (NCSBE), Griffin lost the election by 734 votes to Democrat Allison Riggs, but the results have not been certified due to a lawsuit by the Republican who asks for the nullity of more than 65,000 votes because he considers that they were cast irregularly.

The state Supreme Court ruled last Friday that the vast majority of those votes should be counted, but upheld Griffin’s questions about a sufficient number of votes to change the outcome of the election if they end up being overturned.

The order dismisses Griffin’s claim regarding 60,273 votes that the Republican said should not be counted because voters registered without providing their Social Security or driver’s license numbers.

The judges say those votes should not be annulled because the error in the registration was not made by the voters but by the state Board of Elections, contradicting the previous ruling of the Court of Appeals, which on April 4 sided with Griffin in all his claims.

However, the state Supreme Court did agree with Griffin’s claim that questions between 1,409 and 5,509 absentee-by-mail ballots cast by military and overseas voters, without attaching a valid copy of their identification.

The order gives those voters 30 days to correct the issue by sending a photocopy of their ID to their county board of elections, up from the 15 days deadline set by the Court of Appeals.

In addition, the state Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeals’ decision to overturn 267 votes cast by U.S. citizens who never lived in the country but whose parents were residents of North Carolina before moving abroad.

After the Supreme Court’s ruling, Riggs announced that she will appeal the decision to federal courts, so the injunction would not go into effect yet.

The state Board of Elections said in a statement that it will wait for the judicial process to be completed before giving instructions to the County Boards of Elections and affected voters on how to comply with the court orders.

Para ver más información y saber si su voto está siendo cuestionado por el reclamo del juez Griffin, visite la siguiente página:

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Raleigh. The North Carolina Supreme Court on Monday temporarily blocked an order by the state Court of Appeals that put at risk the validity of more than 60,000 votes cast in November, in the race for a seat on the state’s highest court. 

The case involves a claim filed by Republican Judge Jefferson Griffin, who by all official counts lost the election to Democratic Judge Allison Riggs by a difference of 734 votes. 

Griffin alleges that more than 60,000 ballots shouldn’t be counted because some voters failed to present valid ID while voting by mail and others did not include their Social Security or driver’s license number when they registered to vote. 

The claim was rejected by the State Board of Elections (NCSBE) and by the Wake County Superior Court, but last Friday, April 4, a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals ruled in Griffin’s favor and gave a 15 days deadline for the voters involved to prove their eligibility or their votes would be thrown out from the official count. 

Monday’s Supreme Court decision temporarily pauses enforcement of the order while the State Board of Elections and Riggs file their appeal. 

Meanwhile, the NCSBE announced last Friday that regardless of the court outcome of the case, voters whose votes are being challenged can update their voter registration information. 

To do so, voters with a state driver’s license can fill out a new registration form online on the Division of Motor Vehicles’ website at payments.ncdot.gov 

According to the NCSBE, if the voter is already registered to vote, submitting a new form online simply will update their voter registration information.  

If a voter does not have an NC driver’s license, the NCSBE says they can download a voter registration form from the ncsbe.gov/register-mail website, print it, fill it out and sign it, and then turn it in mail it to their county Board of Elections. 

See more information about this case and how to find out if your vote is being questioned here: 

https://elpueblo.org/is-your-vote-being-questioned-by-judge-griffin/ 

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Raleigh. A North Carolina appeals court has ruled in favor of a Republican claim challenging the validity of more than 65,000 votes cast in the November election, which could change the outcome of the race for a seat on the state Supreme Court. 

In a 2-to-1 decision, a three-judge panel decided to validate the claim of Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin, who is asking for the nullity of thousands of votes in the race he lost by 734 votes to Democrat Allison Briggs, according to official counts. 

Griffin questions ballots in Democratic leaned districts cast by latino and other minority voters for allegedly registering without providing their Social Security or driver’s license numbers, as well as ballots cast abroad without presenting proof of identification.

In their ruling, the two Republican justices said that “the inclusion of even one unlawful ballot in a vote total dilutes the lawful votes and ‘effectively disenfranchises’ lawful voters.” 

The court orders the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCBOE) to notify the more than 65,000 voters involved in the claim to provide valid identification or correct missing information on their records within 15 days. Otherwise, the court says, those votes should not be counted.  

However, Riggs announced this afternoon that she will appeal the decision of the Court of Appeals, which could take the case up to the state Supreme Court where she occupies one of the seats.  

“We will promptly appealing this deeply misinformed decision that threatens to disenfranchise more than 65,000 lawful voters and sets a dangerous precedent, allowing disappointed politicians to thwart the will of the people,” Riggs said in a statement after the ruling was announced. 


If the case reaches the 7-member Supreme Court, due Riggs has excused herself from the case, the decision could end in a 3-3 tie. In this scenario, the decision of the Court of Appeals would prevail. 

See more information about this case and how to find out if your vote is being questioned here: 

https://elpueblo.org/is-your-vote-being-questioned-by-judge-griffin/ 

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