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Justice Allison Riggs Reacts to Latest NC Court Ruling on Supreme Court Election
04 Apr 2025
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the the latest ruling in the North Carolina Supreme Court race issues today in connection with November 2024 Supreme Court race where the the Democrat candidate Justice Allison Riggs won and the Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin refused to concede and is now seeking to disenfranchise 65k+ voters in North Carolina. Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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I want to talk about one of the most important elections that is still playing out right now that people need to talk about right now. And that is the North Carolina Supreme Court race. Let me break down what happened. I'm sure you heard about it because this really deals with issues of voter disenfranchisement of 65,000 plus North Carolina voters. And this is a playbook.
that is being tested right now in North Carolina that Republicans and MAGA, in my view, want to bring to other states as well when they lose elections. So back in November, of course, there were general elections, but there were other elections, House races, Senate races, Supreme Court races and states.
Remember how we've been covering the Supreme Court race in Wisconsin where there was a vacant seat there? Well, there was an election for a seat in North Carolina, and it was a seat that was held by Associate Justice Alison Riggs. She's the Democratic candidate. She was appointed in 2023, and her opponent in that race was a North Carolina Court of Appeals judge by the name of Jefferson Griffin.
He's the kind of Republican slash MAGA candidate. So in North Carolina, also, you have voter ID. You know, Republicans talk about voter ID. There was an election that was held. The Democratic candidate, Alison Riggs, won the election by 734 votes or so. Jefferson Griffin, the MAGA Republican candidate, called for a recount. Recount one is held and Alison Riggs wins the recount.
Recount two is held. Alison Riggs wins the election. Now, in normal circumstances, Justice Alison Riggs is the winner. Two recounts, voter ID, following all the election laws, race is over, right? Well, that's not what happened. Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate, said, no, I'm filing lawsuits. I'm a judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals judge. I'm filing lawsuits.
So litigation was held. There was a stay that was issued by the North Carolina Supreme Court. Just so you know, the composition of the North Carolina Supreme Court, it's five Republican aligned judges, two Democratic aligned judges.
because justice allison riggs is involved in the case she recused herself so it was a 5-1 ruling uh it stayed uh justice riggs being declared the winner staming pause stopped her from being declared even though she won the two recounts and then litigation brought by Jefferson Griffin, has played its way out through the courts.
And then on Friday, the day I'm recording this, we got a ruling from a right-leaning, Republican-leading court of appeals. And remember what I said before, that Jefferson Griffin also is on the Court of Appeals. He wasn't on this panel, but he's a Court of Appeals judge. And there was a two-to-one ruling. You see it.
This is how it's being reported on WECT6 News, saying Jefferson Griffin wins this election lawsuit. Now 65,000 ballots based on this ruling of voters who voted against are being challenged as not being voters, even though they went through all the steps and processes. Now, you may be saying, huh, what type of voters are these? What's even going on here?
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