North Carolina's Supreme Court race stays undecided as counting continues
A machine recount of over 5-million votes in North Carolinaʼs Supreme Court race didnt change the slim margin between candidates. Officials now move to count each ballot by hand
North Carolinas tight Supreme Court race isnt over yet - even after running millions of papers through counting machines again. The initial machine-based recount (which processed about 5.5-million votes) showed no shift in the razor-thin gap between candidates
Allison Riggs‚ the Democratic Associate Justice maintains her lead with just 734 votes over Republican challenger Jefferson Griffin whose currently serving as a Court of Appeals judge. Election staff are now preparing for a time-consuming hand-count process; this represents an extra step to ensure vote accuracy
The super-close margin between these judicial candidates - less than 0.01% difference - shows how every single vote matters in modern-day elections. The states voting system proved its reliability through the machine recount process‚ but officials want to be extra-careful with such a narrow gap between contestants
