The North Carolina Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court’s order from taking effect on Monday that would have required tens of thousands of people who voted in 2024 to verify their eligibility. This ruling comes in the midst of a five-month-long battle over a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court, with Justice Allison Riggs, the Democratic incumbent, winning the 2024 election by a dominating margin of 734 votes over her Republican rival, Judge Jefferson Griffin, who has argued that roughly 65,000 voters may have been ineligible to vote due to insufficient voter identification data.
Forwarding the Secure the Introduction for Voters Act, the Supreme Court’s decision was blocked in mid-January, though it was anticipated to resh determine the 2024 election.