VIDEO: Justice Allison Riggs’ parents on being among the 60,000 voters Jefferson Griffin is challenging

Justice Allison Riggs' parents are, in a strange twist, among the 60,000 voters Republicans are hoping to throw out in the NC Supreme Court election. (Screenshot via @cardinalandpine on Instagram)

By Staff Reports

January 15, 2025

Cardinal & Pine caught up with the parents of Justice Allison Riggs, who are among the 60,000 North Carolina voters Jefferson Griffin is hoping to throw out in the NC Supreme Court election.

It’s been more than two months since the NC Supreme Court election, and there still hasn’t been an officially certified winner.

That’s because Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate, is challenging his loss in November’s election to Justice Allison Riggs, asking courts to throw out about 60,000 North Carolina voters he says shouldn’t have been allowed to vote.

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The NC Supreme Court, the same court Griffin and Riggs are running for, is expected to hear the case later this month.

To protest Griffin’s challenge, voting rights advocates stood outside the NC Supreme Court building Tuesday from before dawn until midnight. They were hoping to read the names of all the challenged voters, but they ran out of time.

They said it would take about 50 hours to actually read all of the names.

Cardinal & Pine was there Tuesday, and we caught up with Riggs’ parents who, in a strange twist, are among the 60,000 voters Griffin is hoping to toss, even though they say they’re registered voters who’ve been voting in North Carolina for decades with no problem.