The ruling concerns November’s Supreme Court race between Democratic incumbent Justice Allison Riggs and GOP Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin. While Allison was declared the victor by 734 votes, Griffin challenged the result. He argued roughly 65,000 people were ineligible to vote because they didn’t have a driver’s license or Social Security number on their file or voted overseas but did not provide photo identification, violating the law.
Previously, the Democrat-led state Board of Elections and the Wake County Superior Court rejected Griffin’s arguments, before the North Carolina Court of Appeals ordered an eligibility inquiry into all 65,000 votes last week, giving voters 15 days to prove they are citizens. On Monday, the day the inquiry was set to begin, the state’s Supreme Court halted the inquiry
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