{"id":1051168,"date":"2025-02-04T20:19:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T01:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1051168"},"modified":"2025-02-04T20:19:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T01:19:29","slug":"4th-circuit-drags-out-gops-attempt-to-overturn-an-election-in-north-carolina-at-taxpayers-expense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/4th-circuit-drags-out-gops-attempt-to-overturn-an-election-in-north-carolina-at-taxpayers-expense\/","title":{"rendered":"4th Circuit Drags Out GOP\u2019s Attempt To Overturn an Election in North Carolina \u2013 At Taxpayers\u2019 Expense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In response to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals\u2019&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/democrats.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=90379082c3d9e6a03baf3f677&amp;id=3563f08718&amp;e=02c44c018e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">decision<\/a>&nbsp;to allow Jefferson Griffin\u2019s undemocratic attempt to overthrow an election to proceed in state court,<strong>&nbsp;DNC Chair Ken Martin issued the following statement:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cNorth Carolinians have spoken: Justice Allison Riggs is the clear winner in the North Carolina Supreme Court race. North Carolinians deserve to know that their vote counts, but today\u2019s decision from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will drag this out even longer, wasting the tax dollars of hardworking families. Judge Griffin needs to give up this desperate attempt to overthrow a free and fair election. If he won\u2019t, the courts need to step in to ensure the will of the voters is heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/democrats.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=90379082c3d9e6a03baf3f677&amp;id=5535028ed9&amp;e=02c44c018e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More from Democracy Docket:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cThe 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that a district court correctly sent back to state court a lawsuit from GOP North Carolina Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin contesting his 2024 election loss to incumbent Democratic Justice Allison Riggs. \u2026<br>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cTuesday\u2019s ruling \u2014\u00a0<strong>which is sure to delay a final resolution of the matter<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 comes as the procedural posture of Griffin\u2019s legal disputes<strong>\u00a0seeking to throw out over 60,000 ballots<\/strong>\u00a0has become increasingly more complex. In effect, the decision means that the GOP candidate\u2019s challenges will proceed in Wake County Superior Court and then likely work their way back up to the North Carolina Supreme Court on appeal. \u2026<br>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cAll the while, certification of Riggs\u2019 electoral victory over Griffin \u2014 which was confirmed by two separate recounts \u2014 remains on hold<\/strong>\u00a0due to a Jan. 7 order from the North Carolina Supreme Court\u2019s Republican majority. Griffin himself has previously admitted that once the race is certified, all of his outstanding election challenges will become moot.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals\u2019&nbsp;decision&nbsp;to allow Jefferson Griffin\u2019s undemocratic attempt to overthrow an election to proceed in state court,&nbsp;DNC Chair Ken Martin issued the following statement: \u201cNorth Carolinians have spoken: Justice Allison Riggs is the clear winner in the North Carolina Supreme Court race. North Carolinians deserve to know that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1051168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>4th Circuit Drags Out GOP\u2019s Attempt To Overturn an Election in North Carolina \u2013 At Taxpayers\u2019 Expense - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/4th-circuit-drags-out-gops-attempt-to-overturn-an-election-in-north-carolina-at-taxpayers-expense\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-05T01:19:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-05T01:19:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/4th-circuit-drags-out-gops-attempt-to-overturn-an-election-in-north-carolina-at-taxpayers-expense\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/4th-circuit-drags-out-gops-attempt-to-overturn-an-election-in-north-carolina-at-taxpayers-expense\/\",\"name\":\"4th Circuit Drags Out GOP\u2019s Attempt To Overturn an Election in North Carolina \u2013 At Taxpayers\u2019 Expense - 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