Griffin emphasizes overseas voters with no photo ID in latest NC Supreme Court filing

Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin emphasized in his latest court filing the 5,509 overseas voters who provided no photo identification when they cast ballots in the November election. Griffin suggested that a court order throwing out those votes could swing the election result in his favor.

With those votes tossed out, the state Supreme Court never would have to address another 60,540 ballots Griffin challenged in the recent election, his lawyers argued.

That was a key point in a 119-page brief Griffin filed Tuesday with the state Supreme Court. The high court set a Tuesday deadline for Griffin as it prepares to consider his request to issue a writ of prohibition against the North Carolina State Board of Elections. Griffin wants the high court to block the elections board from counting “unlawful” ballots.

The court voted, 4-2, to issue a temporary stay in the case on Jan. 7.

Without a more permanent court order in Griffin’s favor, the state board is likely to certify appointed incumbent Democrat Allison Riggs as the race’s winner. Riggs leads Griffin by 734 votes out of more than 5.5 million cast in the recent election. Recounts confirmed Riggs’ lead.

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Source: The Carolina Journal