Republican Jefferson Griffin conceded the North Carolina Supreme Court race to Democrat Allison Riggs, ending his six-month legal battle to overturn the election.

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After 6 months of the GOP trying to toss over 60,000 votes in the North Carolina Supreme Court race, Justice Riggs' opponent finally conceded — a massive victory for democracy!

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It’s over! Republican concedes in North Carolina Supreme Court race

- Republican challenger Jefferson Griffin conceded ([link removed] ) the North Carolina Supreme Court race to Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs, ending his six-month legal battle to overturn the election.

- Riggs hailed the victory but lamented the harm done by Griffin’s challenge. “After millions of dollars spent, more than 68,000 voters at risk of losing their votes…and immeasurable damage done to our democracy, I’m glad the will of the voters was finally heard,” she said.

- Marc and Paige Moskowitz discuss ([link removed] ) the saga in a new video.

Montana students must predict future if they want to vote, lawsuit charges

- A new lawsuit ([link removed] ) is challenging a Montana law that forces college students to declare where they’ll live after graduation to register to vote. That means students can’t register using their campus address unless they say they’ll still live there after finishing school — even if they currently live, study and pay taxes in that county.

- Previously, Montana allowed anyone to register to vote in any county they called home, no matter how long they planned to stay — which is the norm for student voting. Plaintiffs are asking the court to block the law before it can be enforced.

The latest in a Mississippi redistricting challenge

- A federal court approved ([link removed] ) the DeSoto County Senate map submitted by the state board of election commissioners. Plaintiffs had argued the plan does not remedy Black voter dilution and keeps a white incumbent in one key district.

Marina Jenkins discusses Supreme Court, the fight for fair maps and more

- Marina Jenkins, executive director of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, joined ([link removed] ) Marc to discuss the state of redistricting, the Supreme Court and how the fight for fair maps is going.

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