Copland Rudolph is glad that the North Carolina Supreme Court election challenge is finally over. Like tens of thousands of others swept up in the contentious litigation, she spent some six months reeling over whether her vote would count or Republican Appellate Court Judge Jefferson Griffin would succeed and have it thrown out. But even though his effort ultimately failed, she told Salon she isn’t feeling too comforted.
“I wish it felt like more of a relief than it does, honestly, because I know it's a temporary relief,” the Asheville resident said in a phone interview, having previously told Salon that her ballot was challenged despite her having a complete voter registration. “I am still angry [about] the amount of energy, time, money that Jefferson Griffin siphoned from this state, and particularly this community, with his own self-interest centered.”
