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The Guardian - US
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Rachel Leingang and Sam Levine

‘Bad for democracy’: North Carolina could throw out valid ballots in tight election

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Hundreds of demonstrators rally at the North Carolina state capitol on 17 February 2025, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Photograph: Travis Long/TNS/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

More than five months after the 2024 election, a swath of voters in North Carolina are still unsure whether their votes will count in an unprecedented effort to overturn a valid US election.

Democrat Allison Riggs defeated Republican Jefferson Griffin in a contest for the state supreme court. But after the election, Griffin challenged the eligibility of tens of thousands of voters. A ruling from the North Carolina supreme court on Friday paved the way for as many as 1,675 voters to have their ballots thrown out in the election – more than double Riggs’s margin of victory.

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