N.C. Supreme Court halts decision requiring verification of 65,000 votes in tight judicial race
The North Carolina Supreme Court temporarily blocked a lower court’s ruling that would have required that more than 65,000 votes cast in the disputed 2024 state Supreme Court race be recounted and verified.
The North Carolina Supreme Court on Monday temporarily blocked a lower court’s ruling that would have required that more than 65,000 votes cast in the disputed 2024 state Supreme Court race be recounted and verified.
The state Supreme Court’s two-sentence order prevents a ruling issued Friday from going into effect so it can review an appeal from the Democratic candidate in the contest.
The ruling Monday is the latest development in a long and winding saga following a close finish in November.
Democratic state Supreme Court judge Allison Riggs, who was appointed to the bench in 2023, emerged after Election Day narrowly ahead of Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin, a state appeals court judge, triggering a series of recounts.
A full machine recount as well as a partial hand recount of the race both showed Riggs leading Griffin by 734 votes. More than 5.5 million ballots were cast in the race. NBC News' Decision Desk has not yet called the race.
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