The race for North-Carolinaʼs Supreme Court seat has taken an unexpected shift in mid-november. Allison Riggs‚ the Democratic justice seeking re-election‚ now leads the count — a notable change from early results
Initial numbers from nov 5th showed Jefferson Griffin‚ the Republican Court of Appeals judge with about ten-thousand votes ahead. However that gap started shrinking as county election boards (spread across all 100 NC counties) began processing remaining ballots; these included mail-in and provisional votes
The vote-counting process which continued thru last week‚ involved careful review of thousands of yet-uncounted ballots: election officials had to check voter eligibility and verify documentation before adding these votes to final totals