South Raleigh News

Jefferson Griffin, a Republican candidate for the North Carolina Supreme Court, has taken legal action to address concerns over election integrity. He filed a petition for a writ of prohibition with the N.C. Supreme Court, aiming to halt certain actions by the State Board of Elections.

Griffin's filing alleges that the State Board "has knowingly broken the law and refused to do anything about it. Indeed, the Board has been breaking our election laws for decades." The candidate is seeking intervention from the state's highest court.

The petition requests that the N.C. Supreme Court stay both the certification of the Supreme Court Seat 6 election and a 10-day deadline for Griffin to file a judicial review petition in Wake Superior Court. Additionally, it seeks to prevent the State Board from counting what Griffin describes as unlawful ballots and demands corrections in vote counting.

The legal document highlights issues with over 60,000 ballots allegedly cast by voters not meeting constitutional or statutory requirements in North Carolina. According to Griffin, delays by the State Board in decision-making have eroded public trust in election outcomes.

Criticism is directed at how protests were handled by an ethically-conflicted board member and perceived partisanship within the Board's majority favoring their political party. "That is not democracy," asserts Griffin.

Democrats are accused of diverting attention from systemic issues toward voters themselves, which Griffin calls a distraction. He argues that failures within the State Board threaten electoral integrity and violate lawful voters' rights.

Griffin's filing seeks court intervention to uphold lawfulness and ensure that lawful voters' will prevails.