The North Carolina Supreme Court race is the only uncalled statewide race remaining in the U.S. after the November 2024 elections. The reason for that, as we’ve reported, is that challenges have been working their way through the courts (at times concurrently) after the GOP candidate, Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin, questioned the validity of some 65,000 ballots after the initial count and recount showed him behind by 734 votes.
Among the reasons for the challenges are voters who Griffin’s legal team have said had incorrect/incomplete voter registration information or didn’t include a photo ID (the latter of which are related to overseas absentee ballots, including some who have never lived in the state). Griffin has contended that these issues must be decided by state courts since they involve questions about the partisan Democrat-controlled NC…