The North Carolina Supreme Court rejected a GOP state high court candidate’s demand to expedite his election case against his sitting-Democratic justice rival, potentially empowering a federal court to decide the unprecedented case.
The state high court isn’t the right place to rule on Jefferson Griffin’s claims that more than 60,000 votes should be discarded in the 2024 statewide race he lost to Justice Allison Riggs by under 800 votes, the divided court ruled Wednesday.
The reversal—first accepting Griffin’s challenge then kicking it down—tees up a federal suit in the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ...
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