Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate in the North Carolina State Supreme Court election, is appealing a Wake County judge's decision to allow 60,000 ballots to be counted in the race.

Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate in the North Carolina State Supreme Court election, is appealing a Wake County judge's decision to allow 60,000 ballots to be counted in the race.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WRAL) - Republican Jefferson Griffin plans to appeal a Wake County court loss in his effort to invalidate more than 60,000 North Carolina ballots cast during the November elections, according to WRAL.

Just hours after a hearing on Judge Jefferson Griffin’s challenge to more than 65,000 ballots in the state Supreme Court election, a state judge upheld the state election board’s rejection of those claims in a late Friday ruling.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that North Carolina's disputed race for a seat on the state Supreme Court must be reviewed in state courts before the matter can go before a federal tribunal.

Two recounts have confirmed incumbent Allison Riggs, a Democrat, as the winner of her North Carolina Supreme Court seat over Republican challenger Jefferson Griffin.

In the nation’s last unresolved election, the fourth month of litigation began with Friday’s Wake County Superior Court decision that went against Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin. Victory for Democrat Allison Riggs,