North Carolina Judge Election Set to Shift After Court Rules (1)

A GOP challenger to a sitting North Carolina justice won a state appeals court ruling Friday that tosses or requires the “curing” of more than 60,000 votes.

In a race decided by fewer than 1,000 votes, the ruling almost certainly gives a victory to appeals court Judge Jefferson Griffin (R) over North Carolina Justice Allison Riggs (D), given the skew in favor for Democrats among the ballots he challenged.

Two Republican judges on the panel ruled that “never residents"—adults who were moved out-of-North Carolina abroad by their parents before turning 18—who voted in the November 2024 race weren’t entitled to ...