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The Republican judge claimed that it should spend more than two months to overturn the defeat of the North Carolina Supreme Court, and to dispose of about 60,000 voting paper. However, many inhabitants have recently learned that their voting is not collected, and they argue that they have not done anything wrong.
Propabrica heared a dozen voters who were surprised and angry that judge Jefferson Griffin continued to cancel the ballot. Griffin’s center of challenge is that voters should not count voters who have lost their driver’s license numbers or social security numbers in registration.
Judge of the Federal Affairs Committee and President Donald Trump rejected Griffin’s claim that voting would be invalid if the information was missing. In addition, state election authorities have announced that there are many legitimate reasons for lack of driver’s license and social security information. And it doesn’t mean that voters can vote without knowing who they are. The North Carolina law requires to be confirmed at the polling place, and is mostly performed by presenting a driver’s license.
Elizabeth McDonald’s, who was registered as an independent voter and was damaged by Hurricane Helen, was always voted, despite the traging and the burden of nursing care. infant. “The possibility of losing voting for arbitrary and political reasons is especially painful, given the personal and social trauma we have endured over the past few months,” said McDonald’s, “McDonald’s addressed to Griffin. I wrote it in the letter and shared it with Propabrica.
“We are very upset,” said Frank Jarvis, who lives on the East Coast of the East Coast. “We are traditional conservatives and Republican members, but no matter which side is doing this, it will leave a terrible aftertaste in my mouth. Is not required.
According to multiple data analysis, Griffin’s voting votes are incomplete in black, Democrats, and young people. Griffin’s lawyer said in a legal preparation document that if the court acknowledged the request for invalidation, Griffin would be more likely to overse the 734 votes for the Democratic Party Arison Riggs. The Supreme Court, the majority of the Republican Party, has issued an order to stop Riggs’ victory until Griffin’s opposition was filed in a lower court.
In mid -January, Jefferson Griffin gathered in Newburn, North Carolina, to learn about voting. Credit: Propublica Rachel Jessen
Griffin answered the detailed question list from Propabrica: “I can’t comment on the lawsuit during dispute. What I do violates the Judicial Conditions.”
The following are the experiences of four of the dozens of voters heard by Propabrica. Their experience reflects various reasons for driver’s license and social security information that may be lacking in registration. Some people have a bad health and cannot drive, so they do not have a license. The other is among voters who argue that the registration application is correctly filled out, and that it is likely to be due to office mistakes. Newcomers to the state are included in many people who did not have a driver’s license in North Carolina at the time of registration of voters. The opposite is one of the many millions who have been active as voters in North Carolina for many years, and registered before the voter registration form is required. be.
“Today is North Carolina and tomorrow is another state.”
In mid -January, dozens of voters, who are black, gathered in a historic church in Newburn, North Carolina, and learned why white judges tried to waste their votes. St. Peter’s AME Church of Church has been established for newly released African Americans during the Civil War, and has been a central stage of state political struggle since then. One of the rally organizers, Vicky Sixx, a 58 -year -old polling office, received a call from a voting right to be voted in the early January, and in his voting sheet in a vote that Griffin was trying to vote. He was surprised to be informed that it was included. Disqualification.
Vicky Cyxes has helped voters’ events for voters who have been displaced in the ballot. Credit: Propublica Rachel Jessen
“The boldness of challenging me was shocking,” Six said. “I know the rules.”
Syks said he moved to another county in North Carolina, and brought a driver’s license and gave it to election staff when registering voters in 2024. Currently, he suspects that the driver’s license number was not entered due to a management mistake. On her form. Many people are concerned that their voting is at risk of invalidation, and Six and the pastor’s sister -in -law plan a rally, through Facebook messages, telephone, voting groups and flyers. I spread the information.
“I want people to know that today is North Carolina and tomorrow that it will be another state,” said Cyics. “It may be a blue photo in the future, so we intend to fight desperately so that it won’t happen.”
“I felt that Griffin was trying to pursue me aside.”
Connor Adison is suffering from epilepsy, which is a disease in which driving is dangerous if a seizure occurs while holding the steering wheel. However, Adison did not expect his medical condition to affect voting abilities.
He said he was 18 years old, registered in Wake County using a social security number. He voted in 2022 and 2024 without any problems using a state -approved ID card.
Connor Adison did not submit it because he did not have a driver’s license when he was registered as a voter. Credit: Propublica Rachel Jessen
A few weeks ago, his mother asked him about his opposition, searched for the one that was available online, and told him that his registration had been opposed by Griffin. “I couldn’t believe much. I had to take special actions to make sure I could vote,” said Adison. “I felt that Griffin was trying to pursue me aside.”
Since then, Adison has expressed his “online community, especially in the online community, which is spending a lot of time, as the ability to move in the physical world for health reasons. “I want people to understand that what’s happening right now,” said Adison.
“Make sure your voting is important.”
In the afternoon of last week, 18 -year -old university freshmen Sofia Debgomez set up a table in the Duke University’s main dining hall and signed a sign saying, “Please count the voting.” Then she began asking passers -by -the -the -you -go passenger to know if their voting would be opposed in the 2024 election. The first student who dropped in was shocked to know that he was.
Sofia Dib -Gomez talks to other students at Duke University about the challenge of Griffin against voters. Credit: Propublica Rachel Jessen
Debgomez is a member of the Duke University and North Carolina Central University’s Student Voting Lab. The group has scrutinized the list of Griffin’s challenges and identified about 750 students at the Duke University, which was eligible for ballot paper, and more than 4,300 students from other universities. According to a survey by the organization, Griffin’s challenge has an disproportionate impact on young voters. According to research, people between the ages of 18 and 25 have 3.4 times more likely to suffer from intractable diseases than those over the age of 65.
North Carolina’s Supreme Court Court Candidates requested to dispose of the absentee card. A few years ago he voted.
While helping the survey, Dibgomez was surprised to notice that he was a voter without voting rights. When she moved from New York to North Carolina last year, she did not have a state driver’s license, so she provided a social security number and registered voters.
“I was very frustrated when I knew it because I was able to vote for the first time,” said Dibgomez, who presented a passport to prove his status during the voting. “The students don’t have to feel this because they are blamed or have done something wrong. This is targeting them for the purpose of overturning the election.”
“He may really escape in this matter.”
Mindy Beller at home and her husband Scott Evans Credit: Juan Diego Reyes for Problica
When Mindy Beller was young, her mother took her to a polling place and told me how important voting was. In November, Beller went to vote with his daughter for the first time. Later, they went to an Indian restaurant for a celebration. “I say,” Thank you for voting, “she said,” Thank you for raising me as voters. “
Soon after, a voting organization contacted Beller and informed her voting for griffin. More than 20 years have passed since the 62 -year -old Beller registered voters. Until about a year ago, the state’s voter registration form did not require a driver’s license or social security information, and was described as an option instead, but complaints to the State Election Committee have made the form for the form. It was updated in response to the point that the following information was needed. information. Beller lives in Ashville, North Carolina, where Hurricane Helen was partially washed away, and other voters who were influenced after trying to vote in the storm were further stressed by this task. I was particularly dissatisfied with Griffin’s challenge because I didn’t need to feel. aftermath.
“I keep thinking that it should not be real,” said Beller. “But as it approaches, he may actually accomplish it.”
Rachel Jessen has contributed to the report.
