Rachel Selzer

2 months ago | democracydocket.com | Rachel Selzer

In a 4-2 order, the North Carolina Supreme Court denied the state board of elections’ petition to bypass the appeals court level in GOP candidate Jefferson Griffin’s legal bid to overturn his 2024 election loss to Democratic incumbent Justice Allison Riggs. In turn, Griffin’s challenge will proceed in the North Carolina Court of Appeals before ultimately ending up in the state Supreme Court — a move that could potentially be beneficial to his legal efforts.

2 months ago | democracydocket.com | Rachel Selzer

The North Carolina State Board of Elections filed a bypass petition Monday asking the state Supreme Court to decide an ongoing 2024 election dispute — currently before the state court of appeals — in which GOP candidate Jefferson Griffin is seeking to overturn his loss to incumbent Democratic Justice Allison Riggs.

2 months ago | democracydocket.com | Rachel Selzer

In a 4-3 ruling, the Wisconsin Supreme Court dismissed a right-wing legal challenge that sought to limit the authority of municipalities to designate early absentee voting locations and prevent future use of a mobile voting van deployed by the city of Racine during the 2022 election cycle.

2 months ago | democracydocket.com | Rachel Selzer

Soon after it shifted from a Democratic to Republican majority in the 2022 midterm elections, the North Carolina Supreme Court laid bare its brazenly partisan and anti-democratic proclivities. At the behest of the state’s GOP-controlled Legislature, the newly constituted bench overturned the prior court’s precedent in two major voting cases — a move that reinstated a discriminatory voter ID law and green-lit gerrymandered redistricting maps in quick succession.

2 months ago | democracydocket.com | Rachel Selzer

A Wake County Superior Court judge rejected a bid by GOP North Carolina Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin to overturn his 2024 election loss to incumbent Democratic Justice Allison Riggs by disqualifying over 60,000 lawfully cast ballots. The ruling comes after Judge William Pittman held a hearing earlier today concerning Griffin’s election protests over three separate categories of ballots — all of which were previously denied by the North Carolina State Board of Elections.