Wake County Superior Court Judge William Pittman listens to arguments in the challenge to 65,00 votes in the N.C. Supreme Court race between Judge Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate for the N.C. Supreme Court, and North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Democrat Allison Riggs on Friday, February 7, 2025 in Raleigh, N.C.

A Wake County Superior Court judge has ruled against Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin, who is trying to invalidate more than 65,000 ballots in the race for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court.

A Wake County judge on Friday rejected election protests from Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin in his battle over 60,000 ballots.

State elections officials were right to reject Jefferson Griffin’s attempts to throw out tens of thousands of North Carolina voters’ ballots from the 2024 elections, a Wake County judge ruled Friday,