The 2024 race for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat remains the last vote from the election to not be settled. Here's what to know.

Two recounts have confirmed Justice Allison Riggs' narrow victory, but her GOP opponent has refused to concede

A Republican judge is trying to overturn his election loss by challenging more than 60,000 ballots. These are some of those voters’ stories.

More than 80 days after Election Day, a race for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court remains unresolved. That's because the Republican candidate is contesting some 65,000 ballots.

Ian McPherson reads names from a list of over 60,000 people who cast ballots in the November election but whose votes have been challenged by Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin in his extremely close race with Demcorat Allison Riggs on January 14, 2025, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Chris Seward/AP

There are still some unresolved races from the 2024 election, and one of them involves a seat on North Carolina’s highest court

In this moment of crisis, the courts have become the final guardrail against the forces of authoritarianism that seek to undermine the will of the voters.