The North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday ruled that majority of the ballots contested by Republican Appeals Court Judge Jefferson Griffin should be counted.
North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs narrowly won the election for an open seat in November against Griffin. Since then, Griffin has challenged thousands of votes, including 60,000 ballots for lacking a social security number or driver's license number attached to the voter's registration. According to the decision, these votes should be counted.
"To the extent that the registrations of voters in the first category are incomplete, the Board [of Elections] is primarily, if not totally, responsible," the decision said.
Griffin also challenged some military and overseas voters, which the Supreme Court decided against counting. According to the decision, military and overseas voters with challenged ballots will be given 30 days to prove their photo identification. The Supreme Court ruled that on-resident ballots will not be counted.
