North Carolina judge's ruling retains close court election result, but more legal steps are expected
- A North Carolina trial judge upheld election officials' decisions to reject protests by the trailing candidate in a close state Supreme Court election.
- Democratic Associate Justice Allison Riggs leads Republican Jefferson Griffin by 734 votes after over 5.5 million ballots were cast.
- Griffin challenged more than 65,000 ballots, claiming they were improperly counted, but the judge ruled the elections board acted correctly.
- Riggs stated the decision is a victory for North Carolina voters and the rule of law, while Griffin plans to appeal the ruling.
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