State elections board asks top NC court to take up Griffin/Riggs election dispute
The North Carolina State Board of Elections filed a petition Monday asking the state Supreme Court to take up the election dispute involving a seat on the state’s highest court. The petition asks the Supreme Court to bypass North Carolina’s Court of Appeals.
Without action from the high court, the appellate court’s schedule would extend the dispute at least into early March.
Appointed incumbent Democrat Allison Riggs leads Republican Jefferson Griffin, an Appeals Court judge, by 734 votes out of 5.5 million ballots cast statewide in the Nov. 5 election. Two recounts confirmed Riggs’ lead. But Griffin is asking the courts to order election officials to throw out 65,000 ballots.
Riggs supports the elections board’s bypass petition, according to the court filing. Griffin opposes the measure.
https://www.carolinajournal.com/state-elections-board-asks-top-nc-court-to-take-up-griffin-riggs-election-dispute/