BREAKING: In the North Carolina Supreme Court election contest, the state appeals court reverses decision dismissing...

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3. NC Voters Must Fix Ballots in 15 Days or Be Disenfranchised, Court Rules

Some voters in North Carolina whose ballots were challenged in the state’s contentious Supreme Court election in November must fix their ballots or be disenfranchised, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Friday. The court overturned a lower court’s decision dismissing the challenges filed by Jefferson Griffin.

The ruling is the latest development in the ongoing legal saga over the state Supreme Court race between incumbent Democratic Justice Allison Riggs and appeals court judge Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate. Griffin lost the election, but the race was close enough that he challenged the election results. Even after two recounts, Riggs still won but Griffin filed multiple lawsuits in response.

At the heart of the issue is the North Carolina State Board of Election’s decision to count some 65,000 ballots cast by voters with allegedly incomplete registrations, along with ballots by overseas voters who didn’t provide their photo ID with their absentee ballots and overseas voters who never resided in North Carolina.

Per the appeals court’s ruling, military and overseas voters who did not provide proper photo ID will be given 15 days to fix that error, as will voters with incomplete voter registrations. Ballots cast by North Carolina residents who live overseas but have never lived in the state will not be counted.

This is a developing story…

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/nc-voters-must-fix-ballots-in-15-days-court-rules/