Riggs, NC Dems seek court intervention to prevent state from wrongly tossing out votes of longtime residents
A new complaint cites reporting from Anderson Alerts of voters who could soon have their vote removed from the tally of last year's Supreme Court race.
The North Carolina Democratic Party on Monday updated an existing suit to prevent state elections officials from implementing a forthcoming court mandate that stands to result in some voters wrongly labeled as “never residents” having their ballots removed from the count of last year’s Supreme Court election.
The new complaint comes amid an Anderson Alerts report that raised serious concerns about a group of voters at imminent risk of having their ballots discarded without any remedy.
Republican Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin is working to overcome an apparent 734-vote defeat to Democratic Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs.
Meanwhile, Riggs filed a notice for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to intervene.
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