NC Newsline: “Republican Appeals Court Judge Jefferson Griffin officially launched an appeal of a Wake County trial court’s rejection of his effort to throw out more than 60,000 votes.
On Monday, Griffin filed notice he is appealing Superior Court Judge William Pittman’s ruling in favor of the state Board of Elections.
Griffin trails Democratic incumbent Supreme Court Judge Allison Riggs by 734 votes. In his effort to win, he is seeking to nullify tens of thousands of votes his campaign says were illegally cast. Republicans blame the state Board of Elections.
The state Board of Elections dismissed Griffin’s election protests in December.
After a hearing Friday, Pittman affirmed the election board’s actions. “The Board’s decision was not in violation of constitutional provisions, was not in excess of statutory authority or jurisdiction of the agency, was made upon lawful procedure, and was not affected by other error of law,” he wrote. “