{"id":2401073,"date":"2025-02-10T15:18:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T20:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/superior-court-judge-sides-with-riggs-against-griffin-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-10T15:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T20:19:07","slug":"superior-court-judge-sides-with-riggs-against-griffin-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/superior-court-judge-sides-with-riggs-against-griffin-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Superior Court judge sides with Riggs against Griffin &#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%2Fsuperior-court-judge-sides-with-riggs-against-griffin-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=2401073&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>A recent ruling by Wake County Superior Court has favored Democrat Allison Riggs over Republican \u200dcandidate Jefferson Griffin in a contentious election for a state \u200bSupreme Court seat. Even though Riggs has a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">potential victory margin<\/a> of 734 votes out of over 5.5 million\u200c cast, the State Board of Elections has yet to issue a certificate declaring her the winner. Griffin, who has not conceded, is considering an \u200cappeal following a judge&#8217;s decision to deny requests to exclude around 65,000 ballots\u2063 that griffin contested. The electoral battle has proceeded through various \u200dlegal avenues,\u200b including the state Supreme Court, adn Griffin claims the election\u200c board made errors regarding certain ballots, particularly \u200cthose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nc-high-court-blocks-elections-board-from-certifying-dem-as-winner\/\" title=\"NC High Court Blocks ... Board From Certifying Dem As Winner\">lacking required identification<\/a> from overseas voters. If\u200d unresolved by the start of the 2025 schedule, Riggs is\u200d set to \u2064join the\u2062 Supreme Court alongside a majority of Republican justices.  <\/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\">Superior Court judge sides with Riggs against Griffin<\/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_1990260\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; In the nation&rsquo;s last unresolved election, the fourth month of litigation began with Friday&rsquo;s Wake County Superior Court decision that went against Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Victory for Democrat Allison Riggs, the incumbent, in the race for state Supreme Court Seat 6 has not been given a certificate by the State Board of Elections. Riggs is poised for a 734-vote win out of 5.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-secretary-of-state-there-will-be-a-recount\/\" title=\"Georgia Secretary of ...: &#039;There Will Be a Recount&#039;\">5 million votes cast<\/a>. Griffin is yet to concede, signaling an appeal remains possible.<\/p>\n<p>The term is for eight years.<\/p>\n<p>Judge William Pittman declined to remove about 65,000 ballots from the Nov. 5 election, as requested through Griffin&rsquo;s multiple protests. Each of those was denied by the election board, including a trio on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/az-gov-ducey-on-the-border-crisis-the-biden-administration-has-been-anti-wall-and-awol\/\" title=\"AZ Gov. Ducey On The Border Crisis: \u2018The Biden Administration Has Been Anti-Wall And AWOL\u2019\">county level<\/a> and affirmed at the state level.<\/p>\n<p>On Election Night, with 2,658 precincts reporting, Griffin led Riggs by 9,851 votes of 5,540,090 cast. Provisional and absentee ballots that qualified were added to the totals since, swinging the race by 10,585 votes.<\/p>\n<p>The process since has included stops in Superior Court, the state Court of Appeals, the state Supreme Court, and the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-state-senator-reported-results-must-be-viewed-as-untrustworthy\/\" title=\"Georgia ... Senator: \u201cReported Results Must Be Viewed As Untrustworthy\u201d\">state elections board<\/a>, majority 3-2 Democrats, and Riggs are aligned in the litigation.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin says the board errored in deciding protests. One, for example, involves about 5,500 ballots that came from overseas without photo identification as is required of the absentee process. In another, more than 200 people cast ballots that have never lived in the state.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The state Supreme Court begins the 2025 schedule on Tuesday. Riggs, unless a final decision is made in Griffin&rsquo;s favor by then, will serve alongside Democratic Justice Anita Earls, and five Republicans &ndash; Chief Justice Paul Newby, Phil Berger Jr., Tamara Barringer, Richard Dietz and Trey Allen.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin is on the state Court of Appeals. Riggs was appointed to that bench by former Gov. Roy Cooper in December 2022, then elevated with an appointment to the state Supreme Court nine months later in September 2023. She had previously served 14 years as leading counsel and executive director for voting rights at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice.<\/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_1990260\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1990260\"}});<\/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>Judge rules in favor of Riggs over Griffin in election dispute<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2401074,"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\/05\/iStock-1483489085-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5387,50153,50152],"class_list":["post-2401073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-judge","tag-riggs","tag-superior-court"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/iStock-1483489085-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401073","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=2401073"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2401077,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401073\/revisions\/2401077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2401074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2401073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2401073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2401073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}