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North Carolina’s election began on September 4, with county boards of elections distributing absentee ballots and accepting voted ballots online from military and overseas voters. County boards accepted ten ballots…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s fight to withdraw his name from the ballot in 2024 exposed the need to reform North Carolina’s candidate withdrawal and absentee ballot deadline laws. Two years…
For much of the first half of 2025, Jefferson Griffin’s challenge to several of the state’s election laws took most of the air out of the election space. While a…
May 7 was a momentous day in North Carolina politics. A new Republican-majority board was sworn in at the State Board of Elections (SBE), and Judge Jefferson Griffin conceded his…
With Chief District Judge Richard Myers’ latest ruling, the North Carolina Supreme Court race may finally reach a conclusion. Myers’ ruling rejected the state Court of Appeals ruling as modified…
With all avenues of appeal exhausted in state courts, Judge Griffin’s challenge of North Carolina election law has found its way back before federal district court Judge Richard Myers. The…
The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled in Jefferson Griffin vs. North Carolina State Board of Elections on April 11. The decision mostly favored incumbent justice Allison Riggs (who was recused…
President Trump issued an executive order on March 25 to alter federal election policy. The motivation for the order is to preserve American citizens’ right to “free, fair, and honest…
On the heels of incumbent Allison Riggs’ apparent win in the North Carolina Supreme Court race, challenger Jefferson Griffin’s campaign has challenged about 60,000 ballots they say are plagued by…
The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted 3–2 along party lines to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the ballot on August 29. That divided vote led to a…