Jefferson Griffin
Jefferson Griffin | |
|---|---|
| Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Christopher Brook |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA) North Carolina Central University (JD) |
Jefferson Griffin is a judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
Griffin grew up in Red Oak, North Carolina and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the North Carolina Central University School of Law. He was appointed by North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory to be a District Court Judge in Wake County in 2015.[1] Judge Griffin was elected to a four-year term in the 2016 general election to retain his seat. He served there until his election to the North Carolina Court of Appeals in 2020.[1] On January 5, 2023, he declared his intentions to run for the North Carolina Supreme Court in the 2024 elections.[2]
In the 2024 election, Griffin lost narrowly to incumbent Democratic justice Allison Riggs, by a margin of 734 votes out of more than 5.5 million cast. Following three recounts indicating his loss, rather than concede, Griffin filed suit in state court, arguing that approximately 60,000 votes should be disqualified. Griffin said no ballots should count for voters whose voter registration does not include a driver’s license number or the last four digits of a social security number.[3] There are many legitimate reasons why such information is not included in a voter registration.[3] The North Carolina state election board and a Donald Trump-appointed federal judge have rejected Griffin's claims.[3] The case is currently pending before the North Carolina Supreme Court; Riggs has recused herself from the case.[4] On April 4th, 2025, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the ordered the state election board require that the 65,000 ballots challenged by Griffin either be missing information turned in to the state election board or have said ballots removed from the election results though this ruling is likely to be appealed by Riggs.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Jefferson Griffin, Judge, Court of Appeals". North Carolina Judicial Branch. n.d. Archived from the original on March 9, 2025. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
- ^ https://twitter.com/JGriffinNC/status/1611017781545164801?cxt=HHwWgoCzveCIvtssAAAA[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c Clark, Doug Bock (2025-01-27). "They Followed North Carolina Election Rules When They Cast Their Ballots. Now Their Votes Could Be Tossed Anyway". ProPublica.
- ^ "Federal judge punts disputed judicial race back to North Carolina's conservative state Supreme Court". WUNC. January 7, 2025.
- ^ Whisnant, Gabe (2025-04-04). "Appeals court hands win to Republican state Supreme Court candidate". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 2025-04-06. Retrieved 2025-04-06.