More than 60,000 North Carolinians’ ballots are being challenged by the Republican candidate for a state Supreme Court Justice seat.
An update on the legal case and protests over the weekend from WUNC's Rusty Jacobs.
And who those people are, how they feel about their ballots being challenged.
Plus, a national perspective on what this election dispute could mean for future democratic elections in the U.S.
Editor's note: Some WUNC employees are included among the votes being challenged in the NC Supreme Court election. Our coverage of this issue follows WUNC's editorial standards.
Guests
Rusty Jacobs, Voting and Election Integrity reporter for WUNC
Jen Baddour, voter whose ballot has been challenged in the NC State Supreme Court race, she is included in a lawsuit against the ballot challenge
Leah Kerr, daughter of a woman whose ballot is being challenged. Her mother, Leah Kerr, died shortly after voted in November.
Doug Bock Clark, reporter in ProPublica's South unit
Related resources:
- WUNC's full coverage of this issue can be found here.
- The North Carolina State Board of Elections has created a resource for people whose ballots are being challenged, including a "full list of voters challenged in each type of protest" — Information for Voters Challenged in Election Protest