A North Carolina appeals court said on April 4 that contested ballots in a close race between two candidates for the state Supreme Court must be verified to be counted.
The 2–1 decision, which sided with Republican Jefferson Griffin, ruled that what are likely tens of thousands of ballots were wrongly allowed in the final count.
It gives voters whose ballots have been challenged 15 business days to provide the necessary verifying information, such as driver’s license or Social Security numbers, to prove their voter eligibility.
Griffin is trailing incumbent Democrat Justice Allison Riggs by fewer than 1,000 votes, and Riggs and the Democratic Party declared victory months ago following vote counts that put her in the lead….