In the Matter of Election Protest by Hon. Jefferson Griffin
On November 19, 2024, Hon. Jefferson Griffin, by counsel, submitted an Election Protest to the Granville County Board of Elections (the “Board”) regarding the contest for North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice, Seat 6 (the “Protest”) alleging that a deceased voter had voted and that the ballot was counted.
Pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-182.10 and 08 NCAC 02 .0110, the Board hereby provides notice of an Emergency Preliminary Consideration Meeting (the “Emergency Meeting”) to be held on Friday, November 22, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. at 208 Wall Street, Oxford, North Carolina 27565 to consider the Protest.
The purpose of the Emergency Meeting is for the Board to determine whether the Protest substantially complies with N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-182.9. The State Board of Elections has instructed the Board to assume at preliminary consideration that the Protest establishes probable cause to advance to a hearing per N.C. Gen. Stat. 163-182.10(a)(1).
Issued by Tonya Burnette, Director, Granville County Board of Elections, this 21st day of November, 2024.
Notice Recipients:
Hon. Jefferson Griffin
Counsel for Hon. Jefferson Griffin – Craig Schauer and Mike Dowling
Hon. Allison Riggs
Granville County Board of Elections
In the Matter of Election Protests by Ashlee Adams
On November 19, 2024, Ashlee Adams, by counsel, submitted Election Protests to the Granville County Board of Elections (the “Board”) regarding the contest for North Carolina Senate District 18 (collectively, the “Protests”) alleging as follows:
Protest No. 1: Deceased Voter Protest
Protest No. 2: Not Registered Voters Protest
Pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-182.10 and 08 NCAC 02 .0110, the Board hereby provides notice of an Emergency Preliminary Consideration Meeting (the “Emergency Meeting”) to be held on Friday, November 22, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. at 208 Wall Street, Oxford, North Carolina 27565 to consider the Protests.
The purpose of the Emergency Meeting is for the Board to determine whether the Protests substantially comply with N.C. Gen. Stat. §163-182.9. The State Board of Elections has instructed the Board to assume at preliminary consideration that the Protests establish probable cause to advance to a hearing per N.C. Gen. Stat. 163-182.10(a)(1).
Issued by Tonya Burnette, Director, Granville County Board of Elections, this 21st day of November, 2024.
Notice Recipients:
Ashlee Adams
Counsel for Ashlee Adams – Craig Schauer and Mike Dowling
Terence Everitt
Brad Hessel
Granville County Board of Elections
The Granville County Board of Elections will reconvene at 9:00 am on Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at the Granville County Board of Elections located at 208 Wall Street, Oxford, NC 27565 to finalize the recount results for the 2024 General Election NC House District 32, NC Senate District 18, and NC Supreme Court Associate Justice recounts.
The Granville County Board of Elections will meet at 8:30 am on Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at the Granville County Board of Elections located at 208 Wall Street, Oxford, NC 27565 for bipartisan teams to start the sample hand-to-eye recount requested by Frank Sossamon in the NC House District 32 Contest.