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North Carolina’s second-highest court Wednesday upheld a Republican effort to gain control of the state’s election board, boosting the GOP bid to undo Democrat Allison Riggs’ narrow victory in the state’s 2024 Supreme Court race.
Amid the Republican Party’s broad effort to hamstring voting by mail, the chair of an independent federal election commission said he believes states should no longer accept and count ballots after Election Day — a change that would lead to numerous ballots being rejected in multiple states.
A federal appeals court blocked North Carolina from beginning ballot curing as part of Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin’s effort to overturn the results from the state’s 2024 Supreme Court race.
The latest filing boosts Riggs’ chances of prevailing in the ongoing election saga.
Meanwhile, Jefferson Griffin could be bolstered by a separate GOP scheme to gain power over elections.
State Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs held a rally in Raleigh on Monday morning over the recent court rulings.
Around 60,000 ballots will be counted in the ongoing state Supreme Court race.
The court overturned a lower court’s decision dismissing the challenges filed by Jefferson Griffin.
“It’s time for this election to come to an end and for voters to know that their votes will count in the state, that they follow the rules in place at the time of the election.”
The letter was signed by a bipartisan coalition of more than 200 former justices, judges and attorneys.
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