US EditionState appeals court rules contested North Carolina ballots must be verified
- In a North Carolina state appeals court ruling, tens of thousands of ballots in a razor-thin state Supreme Court race were deemed improperly counted.
- The court ordered the state elections board to give certain voters around 15 days to provide missing information like photo ID or face having their ballots tossed.
- The case involving Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin challenging over 65,000 ballots is expected to be appealed to the state Supreme Court, where the Republican-majority could potentially overturn the initial result.
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North Carolina Appeals Court Rules Thousands of Contested Ballots Must Be Verified
A North Carolina appeals court said on April 4 that contested ballots in a close race between two candidates for the state Supreme Court must be verified to be counted. The 2–1 decision, which sided with Republican Jefferson Griffin, ruled that what are likely tens of thousands of ballots were wrongly allowed in the final count. It gives voters whose ballots have been challenged 15 business days to provide the necessary verifying information, su…
Dems thought they won state Supreme Court election… * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
(Photo by Joe Kovacs) Democrats thought they had won the election for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court. True, it was by only 734 votes, but a victory is a victory at the ballot box. Then a ruling came down that ordered some 65,000 voters to prove their eligibility, or have their ballots removed from the total. A report at the Gateway Pundit explains the situation now is “spiraling into electoral chaos.” The Democrat who purportedly won…
North Carolina Judges Order Ballots Reviewed
“A three-judge panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Friday that more than 65,000 votes cast in the contested race for the state Supreme Court in 2024 must be recounted and verified — a win for the Republican candidate in the razor-thin, disputed contest and a decision that could potentially tip the election results in his favor,” NBC News reports.
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