A trailing North Carolina Supreme Court candidate asks the court to get involved in his race

Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A trailing candidate in a very close election last month for the North Carolina Supreme Court has asked that court to get involved legally in his race. Jefferson Griffin is a Republican member of the state Court of Appeals who trails Democratic Associate Justice Allison Riggs by about 730 votes. Griffin asked the state’s highest court Wednesday to prevent election officials from counting over 60,000 ballots that he argues weren’t lawfully cast in his race. The State Board of Elections last week voted to dismiss protests on the matter. Riggs has declared herself the winner, and her campaign says Griffin should concede.