There are fireworks currently going off within the ranks of the North Carolina Supreme Court, and it's due to a razor-thin ballot margin regarding an associate justice seat.
According to WUNC, Republican Jefferson Griffin isn't giving up his fight to claim the seat over election winner and Democrat Allison Riggs. He's urging the state's high court to take up his ballot protest.
So far, there have been two recounts in the wake of the election, as Riggs has reportedly held onto a 700-vote lead over Griffin since Election Day.
Griffin believes he has a solid chance at claiming victory, as he's protesting some 60,000 ballots that he claims were filled with irregularities, making them, in his view, invalid.
So far, Griffin, a judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals, hasn't had much in the way of success in convincing the court that the ballots are invalid.
WUNC noted:
Last week, the North Carolina State Board of Elections dismissed Griffin's protests, finding they lacked sufficient evidence, and that the GOP candidate failed to adequately notify affected voters.
The outlet noted:
Normally, Griffin first would have filed an appeal in state Superior Court. But on Wednesday, Griffin filed a writ of prohibition, seeking to circumvent the typical appeals process and went right to the North Carolina Supreme Court, asking the justices to prevent certification of the election and invalidate the 60,000-plus challenged ballots.
Griffin argued that Supreme Court intervention is needed due to the timeline of the certification process taking place in North Carolina.
The appeals court judge wants the state's high court to issue a stay on the matter by Dec. 23, giving ample time to wrap up his legal fight to have the votes invalidated.
The only problem is that the North Carolina elections board argued that Griffin has overstated the urgency of the matter.
Griffin is going all out in his fight, as he reportedly seeking court rulings "on provisions of the federal Help America Vote Act and the National Voter Registration Act."
Jefferson Griffin Files Protests to Safeguard Election Integrity #NCPOL #NCCourts pic.twitter.com/vEQOt2yxAL
— NCGOP (@NCGOP) November 19, 2024
Griffin definitely has support on the Republican side. Many X users applauded his efforts.
"Good!! Keep up the great work and make the cheaters accountable for the first time!! Just like PA we need to keep our focus on free and fair elections! When we count until they find votes to win then no one believes the outcome," one X user wrote.
