Demonstrators recite names of more than 60,000 voters targeted for exclusion in Supreme Court race
Democracy advocates stood in front of the North Carolina Supreme Court from sunrise to sunset Tuesday reading the names of more than 60,000 voters whose ballots are being challenged by state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin, who has refused to concede despite falling 734 votes short of his opponent after a recount.
The readers spoke the names aloud in shifts, county by county, beginning at 6 a.m. Tuesday and continued well into the evening. The event was organized by the Can’t Win Victory Fund, a North Carolina-based group launched in the aftermath of the 2024 election that advocates for fairer maps across the United States. Members of the group streamed the demonstration on YouTube and set up a table near the old State Capitol to inform those who stopped by.
Throughout the day, passers-by stopped and lingered at the demonstration, with some approaching organizers to learn more and read through the list of names to see if they or those they know had their ballots challenged.
Nina Morley Day, a Hillsborough voter who attended the protest for two hours with an American flag waving from her backpack, said she came to help draw attention to the “craziness out there,” and to encourage voters to see if their own names are on the list.
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