NC Voters Must Fix Ballots in 15 Days or Be Disenfranchised, Court Rules
Judge Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate for the North Carolina Supreme Court, listens to testimony in Wake County Superior Court on Friday, February 7, 2025 in Raleigh, N.C. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP)
A three-judge panel in the North Carolina appeals court ruled Friday to disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters in the state’s Supreme Court election unless they can fix their ballots in 15 days.
The panel, composed of two Republican judges and a Democratic judge, overturned a lower court’s decision that had protected the ballots and had dismissed challenges filed by Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin.
Incumbent Democratic Justice Allison Riggs, whose victory Griffin challenged, said in a statement that she “will be 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.”
“North Carolinians elected me to keep my seat and I swore an oath to the constitution and the rule of law – so I will continue to stand up for the rights of voters in this state and stand in the way of those who would take power from the people,” Riggs said.
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