April 13 update: Affected voters from from Buncombe, Durham, Forsyth and Guilford counties should see the North Carolina State Board of Elections website to find out how to “cure” your ballot so that it is counted in the disputed Supreme Court election. See also information and advice from the US Vote Foundation. Act today! Time is running out.
In the latest round of court proceedings on the last undecided race of the 2024 election – for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court – the so-far losing candidate has secured a victory from his colleagues that requires action from overseas voters. The decision – which is being appealed to the Supreme Court – simply throws out the votes of overseas Americans who have not resided in North Carolina as adults. They have no remedy.
Other overseas voters, both civilian and deployed military, have 15 business days in which to contact their election officials and supply additional information to “cure” their ballots. The currently losing cadidate is challenging over 60,000 votes in the hope of making up a deficit of 734 votes. Every vote therefore counts for the result – or it should.
There is no time to wait on the Supreme Court. Affected voters should contact their local election officials right away to supply the additional information required. Other North Carolina voters might wish to contact their state and federal elected officials to protest the suppression of votes cast under the law as it existed in North Carolina when the election was held.
What to do
If you are one of the voters affected, contact your local election official immediately. Their contact details are in the PDF that you received with your FPCA for the 2024 election. You can also find them with a couple of clicks on the website of the nonpartisan US Vote Foundation. Phone or email to find out what additional info to supply.
Other North Carolina voters may wish to contact their elected representatives to protest this decision. Click here to find out how to contact members of the US Congress – who will also soon vote on the dangerous “SAVE” (sic) Act.
Background
The US Vote Foundation explains:
To be clear, Griffin is not claiming voter fraud. He does not deny that voters followed the rules established for them by their board of elections. Instead, now that he’s lost the race, he’s claiming the rules were illegal. And he has selectively challenged military and overseas ballots from just four North Carolina counties: Buncombe, Guilford, Forsyth and Durham.
Every voter should echo the Foundation’s questions about this case:
Why should US citizens continue taking the time and trouble to cast their votes if they know those votes can be invalidated by the losing candidate? If voters follow the rules when they mail their ballots or go to the polls, but the losing candidate petitions the court to change those rules after the votes have been cast, how can they be expected to trust the election process?