Election Outcome and Protests
The dismissed protests from Republican candidates, including Supreme Court candidate , challenging over 60,000 ballots in the November election, favoring Democratic candidates like Justice Allison Riggs.
Jefferson Griffin, trailing Riggs by 734 votes after a machine recount, contested the results, citing issues with voter registration and alleging illegal votes but faced rejection from the board.
Legal Challenges and Responses
Riggs and her campaign, alongside Democratic Party officials, criticized the protests as attempts to undermine democracy, emphasizing the legality of the challenged votes, including her parents'.
Griffin's protests, focusing on registration issues and overseas voters, were dismissed by the board, which found no basis for altering the election outcome, though appeals and further legal actions are anticipated.