Overview
- The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that over 65,000 voters must verify their IDs within 15 business days to have their ballots counted in the 2024 Supreme Court race.
- Democratic Justice Allison Riggs currently leads Republican Judge Jefferson Griffin by just 734 votes in the tightly contested election.
- If 800 or more of the affected voters fail to comply, the election outcome could shift in Griffin's favor, raising concerns about voter disenfranchisement.
- Judge Toby Hampson, the lone Democrat on the appeals panel, criticized the ruling as unconstitutional and an attempt to retroactively change election rules.
- Riggs has vowed to appeal the decision, indicating the case may escalate to federal court as partisan tensions over election integrity and fairness intensify.