Last Friday, we reported on developments in the as-yet-to-be-decided North Carolina Supreme Court race, where a recount is underway and where the State Sen. Leader, Phil Berger (R), went off on the State Board of Elections for what he called “another episode of ‘count until somebody you want to win, wins.'”
Berger’s pointed remarks came in the aftermath of questionable actions from the State BOE and the concerning timelines for some county boards of elections in their post-election day reviewing/researching of provisional ballots as well as the counting of overseas/military ballots received after Election Day.
Berger’s comments prompted BOE Executive Director Karen Brinson-Bell to demand a retraction, claiming he was inciting violence for questioning the questionable post-election day process. As we noted at the time, however, Brinson-Bell through wildly partisan actions she took during the pandemic, has no one to blame but herself for state GOP leaders viewing the election canvassing with a critical eye.
In an update to this story, 73 of North Carolina’s 100 counties have completed their recounts (as of this writing). Republican Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin, who was up the morning after Election Day by around 10,000 votes but who was down by 722 some two weeks later after counties (belatedly) completed their canvassing, has had a net gain of 85 votes over Democrat NC Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs (this link is periodically updated as more counties complete their recounts):