{"id":2371644,"date":"2024-11-21T11:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jurisdiction-on-6-complaints-split-between-state-counties-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-21T11:06:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:06:49","slug":"jurisdiction-on-6-complaints-split-between-state-counties-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jurisdiction-on-6-complaints-split-between-state-counties-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurisdiction on 6 complaints split between state, counties &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjurisdiction-on-6-complaints-split-between-state-counties-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2371644&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the division\u2062 of jurisdiction for six complaints related to the North Carolina elections between the state\u200d Board of \u200bElections and\u2064 county\u2064 boards. The\u2064 state board \u2062made this\u200c decision \u200bduring an emergency session, prompted by \u200dRepublican protests concerning four different races, particularly \u200dthe \u200dclosely \u2064contested race for the state Supreme Court between Republican Jefferson Griffin \u2062and Democratic \u2064incumbent\u2064 Allison \u2063Riggs.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin&#8217;s legal team \u2064is challenging various matters involving over 60,000 ballots, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">including issues surrounding voting \u200bregistration records<\/a> and accusations of felons voting. As\u200d the election results evolved, Griffin \u2063initially led by\u2062 nearly 10,000 votes but later trailed by 722 votes due to subsequent \u2062counting. \u200cHe\u2064 emphasized the \u200cimportance of maintaining the integrity of the democratic\u200c process through these challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The board&#8217;s\u2064 decision reflects\u200c some \u200dbipartisan agreement amidst a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftists-persist-with-violent-rhetoric-after-trump-shooting-11\/\" title=\"Leftists persist with violent rhetoric after Trump shooting\">contentious political atmosphere<\/a>. They opted to \u200bsplit the complaints equally \u200bbetween\u2064 the state and county authorities, with\u2062 each taking three \u2062issues, a compromise acknowledged as reasonable by board \u2062member Kevin Lewis. \u200cThe deadline for\u2063 counties \u2062to finish their canvassing was set for 5 p.m. on the 10th day following \u2063Election Day.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Jurisdiction on 6 complaints split between state, counties<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1888552\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square)&nbsp;&ndash; Jurisdiction for six complaints is divided three to the North Carolina State Board of Elections, and three to respective county boards.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The state board made the decision at an emergency session on Wednesday. The protests, all by Republicans, involved four different races.<\/p>\n<p>The most notable is the state Supreme Court race between Republican Jefferson Griffin and Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs that had more than 5.5 million votes cast.<\/p>\n<p>The six complaints include concerns about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-pennsylvania-must-release-records-on-non-citizens-voting-in-elections\/\" title=\"Court: Pennsylvania Must Release Records On Non-Citizens Voting In Elections\">voting registration records<\/a>, how overseas ballots were properly distributed and vetted, and an accusation of felons voting.&nbsp;Griffin&rsquo;s legal team requested that the board take up jurisdiction over all six complaints involving more than 60,000 ballots, while Riggs&rsquo; legal team requested the board take up none.<\/p>\n<p>With all precincts in on Election Night, Griffin led by 9,851 votes. Wednesday, he trailed by 722 &ndash; a 10,573 vote reversal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As North Carolinians, we cherish our democratic process,&rdquo;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nc.gop\/jefferson_griffin_files_protests_to_safeguard_election_integrity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Griffin said in the release<\/strong><\/a>. &ldquo;Protecting election integrity is not just an option &ndash; it&rsquo;s our duty. These protests are about one fundamental principle: ensuring every legal vote is counted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Unlike an election season of partisan division on the embattled board that has drawn eight lawsuits, some agreement was reached in this meeting.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think this is an entirely reasonable suggestion,&rdquo; said Kevin Lewis, one of two Republicans on the board. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got one side that says, &lsquo;leave it with the counties.&rsquo; We&rsquo;ve got another side that says, &lsquo;state board, take it all.&rsquo; We&rsquo;ve divided it into half, three and three issues. I think that&rsquo;s very appropriate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for counties to complete canvassing was by 5 p.m. on the 10th day after Election Day. At 5:01 p.m. Friday, the state board portal showed 19 counties without official election results.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline to request a recount was noon on Tuesday. Griffin was the lone statewide; five involving the General Assembly are also filed.<\/p>\n<p>The state certification is scheduled for Tuesday of next week, and the board already determined in its meeting that all contests besides those currently recounted would be certified.<\/p>\n<p>In the state Senate, Republican Stacie McGinn requested a recount in the District 42 race and Republican Ashlee Bryan Adams did likewise for District 18. McGinn was defeated by Democrat Woodson Bradley by 204 votes of more than 124,000 cast; Adams was 134 votes behind Democrat Terence Everitt of more than 123,000 cast.<\/p>\n<p>Both of those Republicans were also apart of the complaints put before the board, along with Republican Rep. Frank Sossamon of state House District 32. Sossamon&rsquo;s race is also in a recount, after he lost to Democrat Bryan Cohn by 233 votes out of more than 43,000 cast.<\/p>\n<p>Legal briefs must be filed to the board by protestors by 5 p.m. on Nov. 27. The responding candidates will then have until Dec. 6 at 5 p.m. to respond with legal briefs.<\/p>\n<p>Next steps in the issues left to the county board of elections will be determined by each of the 100 boards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1888552\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1888552\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jurisdiction for six complaints split between state and counties<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2371645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Voting-booth-vote-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4836,3776,4654,3772,32076],"class_list":["post-2371644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-complaints","tag-counties","tag-jurisdiction","tag-state","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Voting-booth-vote-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2371644"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2371648,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371644\/revisions\/2371648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2371645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2371644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2371644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2371644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}