After a state court hearing on Friday, the attempt by North Carolina Republicans to toss out more than 60,000 ballots and overturn the election victory of Allison Riggs, a Democrat and state Supreme Court justice, looks poised to drag on for weeks if not months.
In the case, the Republican candidate, appellate court judge Jefferson Griffin, is ultimately seeking to have the GOP-led state Supreme Court hand him a victory by retroactively invalidating around 65,000 voters. Last November, Griffin lost by 734 votes, a defeat confirmed by two recounts.
