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/
