The North Carolina Court of Appeals has blocked certification of the 2023 Pembroke mayor’s race as Mayor Greg Cummings continues to challenge the results. Challenger Allen Dial leads Cummings by 19 votes (197 to 178), according to State Board of Elections records of the November 2023 contest. But Cummings has been challenging those results for more than a year.
Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin filed notices of appeal Monday in all three lawsuits connected to his challenges of more than 65,000 ballots cast in his election against Democrat Allison Riggs.
A Wake County Superior Court judge rejected North Carolina Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin’s attempt to throw out 65,000 ballots from his recent election against Democrat Allison Riggs. Griffin is expected to appeal the ruling.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections and state Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs plan to take a ballot dispute back to federal court if they lose at the state court level. The board and Riggs both filed court documents Thursday confirming their plans to return to federal court if state courts rule in favor of Riggs’ opponent, Jefferson Griffin.
The chief justice writes "it is unfortunate" that Jefferson Griffin has been "repeatedly chastised" for pursuing election protests.
Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin asserts in a court filing that more than 500 people who voted in the recent state Supreme Court election have never lived in North Carolina or the United States. That data point surfaced Wednesday in the legal dispute over Griffin's election contest with Democrat Allison Riggs.
Wake County’s top Superior Court judge has scheduled a Feb. 7 hearing in Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin’s lawsuits against the State Board of Elections. Griffin challenges more than 65,000 ballots cast in his election against appointed incumbent Democrat Allison Riggs.
A federal judge decided Monday to send Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin’s election complaint back to North Carolina’s highest court. US Chief District Judge Richard Myers’ order arrived four days before the State Board of Elections is scheduled to certify Democrat Allison Riggs as the winner of the Nov. 5 election.
Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin is asking North Carolina’s highest court to issue an order blocking state elections officials “from counting unlawful ballots” from the recent election. Griffin trails appointed incumbent Democrat Allison Riggs by 734 votes in a race that has not yet been certified.
North Carolina Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin and the state Republican Party are seeking a temporary restraining order against the State Board of Elections. Griffin and the NCGOP argue in a lawsuit that elections officials have failed to turn over public records Griffin has requested as he considers whether to file protests and seek a recount in his election against Democrat Allison Riggs.
The state Supreme Court's Republican justices agreed that anyone involved with an official election protest enjoys protection from a defamation lawsuit.
