The Democratic National Committee is getting involved in the legal battle over a North Carolina Supreme Court seat and Republicans’ efforts to toss out more than 60,000 votes, filing a brief with the state's highest court as part of an effort to preserve Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs' narrow victory last November.
The DNC's intervention comes as GOP candidate Jefferson Griffin, a state appellate court judge, has sought to discard ballots that he argues were cast by voters with incomplete registrations, including missing driver's license or Social Security numbers, and voters he alleges never resided in the state. The election, after multiple recounts, was decided by just 734 votes; a legal victory for Griffin would almost certainly result in the outcome being overturned.
