Eliza Sweren-Becker of the Brennan Center on Jefferson Griffin’s efforts to discard 60,000+ ballots

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The big political news story in North Carolina right now revolves around the yet unsettled election for a seat on state Supreme Court. Multiple counts confirmed that the incumbent justice, Democrat Allison Riggs, was the narrow winner over Republican challenger Jefferson Griffin. But more than two months after Election Day, Griffin has yet to concede. Instead, he’s gone to court in an effort to have the ballots cast by more than 60,000 registered voters thrown out on a variety of technical grounds, in hopes it will reverse the election results.

It’s a remarkably audacious strategy that has spurred numerous citizen protests and additional lawsuits, and as we learned in a recent conversation with attorney Eliza Sweren-Becker of the national Brennan Center for Justice, it’s also something that has many observers deeply concerned about the precedent it could establish for elections across the nation.

Sweren-Becker serves as senior counsel in the Brennan Center’s Voting Rights and Elections Program.

Click here to listen to our full interview with Eliza Sweren-Becker of the national Brennan Center for Justice.