The appointment of new members to the North Carolina elections board could alter the Supreme Court race results.
NORTH CAROLINA, USA — A move on Thursday could throw more confusion into the North Carolina Supreme Court race.
For months, the still-unsettled race between Allison Riggs and Jefferson Griffin has hung over the state.
Griffin filed many protests and challenged thousands of votes, keeping the race alive.
In the latest turn of events, under a new state law, the state auditor now has the power to appoint people to the state elections board.
On Thursday, he appointed three Republicans.
With the NC Supreme Court Race, the previous elections board interpreted a court ruling one way.
It left about 14,000 votes under investigation.
The new elections board could interpret that ruling differently, opening more votes up to scrutiny.
Riggs got about 700 more votes than Griffin, meaning every vote counts.
If more votes are scrutinized, more could get tossed, potentially changing the election result.
Governor Josh Stein used to have the appointment power.
He said he plans to appeal a court ruling that took it away.
That means this whole situation could have a lot more changes in the coming weeks.
