North Carolina court gives 60,000 voters 15 days to prove eligibility in win for GOP candidate

The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ordered 60,000 voters who submitted ballots without key identification information to prove their eligibility or have their votes tossed in the still-undecided 2024 state Supreme Court race.

The 2-1 Friday decision was the first legal victory for conservative Jefferson Griffin in his bid to unseat incumbent liberal justice Allison Riggs on the Tar Heel State’s high court. Recounts showed Riggs leading Griffin by 734 votes before Griffin challenged the eligibility of roughly 60,000 ballots, halting the race’s certification.

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Griffin argued that the roughly 60,000 ballots were from voters who did not have a driver’s license or Social Security number on their file or voted overseas but did not provide

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