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Murphy – Republican Appeals Court Judge Jefferson Griffin is challenging more than 60,000 ballots – including more than 140 in Cherokee County – as part of his attempt to unseat Democratic incumbent Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs.
Riggs had a lead of 734 votes after all 5.5 million ballots were counted, according to ncnewsline.com.
A machine recount Griffin requested affirmed that 734 lead, so Griffin requested and is getting a partial hand recount. The hand recount in Cherokee County, conducted last week, involved one voter precinct – Culberson, in which 786 votes were cast, 625 for Griffin and 161 for Riggs.
As of Friday, 98 of 100 county boards of election completed their hand-to-eye partial recounts. Griffin wants a large number of votes thrown out because their voter registration forms included a partial Social Security number or driver’s license number.
The list includes 142 registered voters in Cherokee County, including Anthony and Rita El-Khouri, owners of El-Khouri Salon in Andrews, former Andrews alderman Mike Sheidy and conservative activist Judy Stines.
Visit tinyurl.com/4evrsypk to see the full list of contested voters.