A Judge Lost His Election. He Asked His Colleagues to Declare Him the Winner Anyway.
On Friday, lawyers for Judge Jefferson Griffin asked his colleagues on the North Carolina Court of Appeals to retroactively ...
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Judge seeks to remove 65,000 ballots cast in his North Carolina Supreme Court race
A North Carolina Court of Appeals panel weighed arguments over removing the ballots of thousands of voters, including overseas military, from the final count in a still-uncertified Supreme Court ...
North Carolina appeals court weighs GOP arguments for tossing out a Democrat's win
"Petitioner in this case is only challenging certain votes in certain counties," Judge Toby Hampson, a Democrat, told Griffin ...
NC Supreme Court ruling opens path for parents to sue schools, health clinics over Covid-19 vaccines
The ruling was 5-2 along party lines, with all the Republicans in the majority and all the Democrats dissenting. Chief ...
GOP-backed effort to toss 60k ballots advances as NC judges weigh election integrity arguments
Republican Jefferson Griffin challenged NC Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat, for her seat on the high court. Riggs received more votes in the 2024 election but the results haven't been ...
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Election is long over, but NC Republicans want to invalidate thousands of votes | Opinion
Democratic North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs and her challenger, Republican Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson ...
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Griffin Takes His Case to His Court of Appeals Colleagues
Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin's arguments are familiar, but on Friday he got to try them out ...
North Carolina Justice Race Splits Judges on Post-Election Suits
A panel of North Carolina appeals court judges struggled Friday to balance fairness for voters with strict adherence to state election law in a case with a state high court seat on the line—and their ...
GOP challenge of 65K ballots goes before NC Court of Appeals. When could race be decided?
The North Carolina Court of Appeals heard arguments Friday in Jefferson Griffin’s ongoing attempt to throw out over 65,000 ...
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North Carolina justices decide family can sue over unwanted COVID-19 shot
Associate Justice Allison Riggs, writing a dissenting opinion backed by the other Democratic justice on the court, said that state constitutional claims should be preempted from the federal law. Riggs ...
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Military ballots in spotlight in final unresolved race from 2024 election
After two recounts, incumbent Allison Riggs, a Democrat ... The spot is by a group called Justice Project Action, which describes itself as a "nonpartisan organization dedicated to upholding ...
North Carolina appeals judges hear arguments in unresolved court election
North Carolina appeals court judges have listened to arguments about whether votes on tens of thousands of ballots in an ...