Latest Update: April 23, 2025 - The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has stopped the NC State Board of Elections, for now, from requesting additional ID from any overseas or military voters to verify ballots cast in the NC Supreme Court Griffin v Riggs race.
See the Updated April 23, 2025 Statement from the NC State Board of Elections
For further information, please see the recent news coverage:
- NC Newsline: US appeals court pauses NC elections board action in the Supreme Court election case, by Lynn Bonner, April 23, 2025
- Democracy Docket: Federal Appeals Court Halts Ballot Curing in North Carolina Supreme Court Election, by Jacob Knutson, April 22, 2025
- New York Times: What to Know About the Legal Battle Over a North Carolina Supreme Court Race, by Eduardo Medina and Nick Corasaniti, April 22 and 23, 2025
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In February 2025, U.S. Vote Foundation and our Overseas Vote initiative — along with Association of Americans Resident Overseas — filed an amicus brief explaining the harmful impact of Judge Griffin’s challenges on American voters living abroad. As the brief explains, Griffin’s legal dispute bucks longstanding legal precedent and commonsense: when voters follow the established rules at the time of an election, their votes must be counted.
For more information see our U.S. Vote Foundation blog post on this NC Supreme Court race.