The North Carolina State Board of Elections rejected a Republican bid to throw out over 60,000 votes in a closely contested State Supreme Court race.
The board's Democratic chairman, Allan Hirsch, emphasized that discarding valid votes is contrary to democratic principles, stating it is 'anathema to the democratic system.'
Republicans on the board are pushing for further evidence hearings, while the chairman of the state Republican Party criticized the decision as an effort to engineer political outcomes.
Judge Jefferson Griffin, who could appeal the ruling, argued that the lack of enforcement of technical registration laws warranted disqualifying thousands of voters.
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