More than 65,000 voters are in jeopardy of having their votes thrown out in the race for state supreme court, after a ruling by the North Carolina Court of Appeals this week allowing Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin to challenge those votes in his race against Democrat Allison Riggs, who won by 734 votes in November.

According to “The Griffin List” website, 205 of those 65,000 voters reside in Lee County. The names of those voters will be listed below. They have 15 days to prove their votes were eligible, according to the Court of Appeals. If they cannot, the votes will be tossed out. The majority of the disputed ballots are believed to favor Riggs.

According to the Associated Press, most of the challenged ballots were cast by “individuals whose registration records lacked a driver’s license number or last four digits of a Social Security number.” Another category was military or overseas voters who did not provide copies of their ID or an ID exception form. The third category involved overseas voters who Griffin says were ineligible under state residency laws.

The Griffin List website provides the following steps for those whose names appear on the “challenged votes” website.

  • Contact your county Board of Elections and tell them you are on The Griffin List and you want to know:
    • why the ID number in your voter registration record is missing or did not verify
    • how can you fix any issue with the record
    • how you will know if your votes in the November 2024 election will be counted
  • Share this tool as widely as possible to your social networks and encourage everyone to check the list for their name.
  • Consider writing a letter to the editor or contacting local media outlets to tell your story. If you didn’t know your name was on Griffin’s list, others probably don’t know theirs is.
  • Email Jefferson Griffin and request that he remove your name from his lawsuit: jefferson@jeffersongriffin.com
  • Consider adding your name to Common Cause’s action alert. Common Cause is a “nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to upholding the core values of American democracy.”

Full list of 205 challenged Lee County votes:

AGUIRRE, MARGARITASANFORD27330
ANGEL, NORMAN KEVINSANFORD27332
ARAGON CRUZ, EMANUELSANFORD27330
ARNOLD, JAMES GARRETTSANFORD27330
ARROYO, MARIBEL CASTROSANFORD27330
AYALA, LORENASANFORD27332
BADILLO HERRERA, DANIELSANFORD27332
BERGER, DONALD RAYSANFORD27332
BERRYMAN, KEYANDRA SSANFORD27332
BLACKMON WHITE, BRENDA SUESANFORD27330
BLUE, TIMOTHYSANFORD27330
BOOK, ALVA CLIFFSANFORD27330
BORDEAUX, MEGAN ELIZABETHSANFORD27330
BOYKIN, RODNEY KASHAUNSANFORD27330
BRAND, ARLESSANFORD27332
BROGAN, EMILY PAIGESANFORD27330
BROWN, TERESA ANNSANFORD27330
BUCARO, ROSA JENNYSANFORD27330
BUCKELS, MAGGIE PEARLSANFORD27330
BURCH, JAMES FRANKLINSANFORD27330
BUSSY, LORRAINE EVELYNSANFORD27332
CAMERON, REBECCA LYNNSANFORD27330
CANADA-WOOD, DENISE DARCELLESANFORD27330
CANNON, JUANITASANFORD27332
CARTER, SAKINASANFORD27332
CASTILLO VELAZQUEZ, SACARIASSANFORD27330
CASTILLO, SOFIA ELENASANFORD27330
CELESTINO, FERNANDOSANFORD27330
CHAVARRIAGA TORRES, JUAN PABLOSANFORD27330
CLEMONS-TUTT, KEMEKO JELENASANFORD27330
CONTRERAS, ASENETHSANFORD27330
COOK, BRANDON NEILLSANFORD27330
COVINGTON, JEFFERY LAVONNESANFORD27330
CUNNINGHAM, MARIE DRAKEFORDSANFORD27330
CURRIE, JANIYA NSANFORD27332
CUTLER, CHARLES RSANFORD27330
DANCY, ALSHJA RACQUELSANFORD27332
DARROCH, ASHLEY NICOLESANFORD27330
DE LEON, ITIEL DANNIELASANFORD27330
DENMAN, ELIZABETH JEWELSANFORD27332
DIAZ, MARIVEL SANTIOSSANFORD27330
DION, RITA JOSANFORD27330
DOWDY, RUTH JSANFORD27330
DOWNEY, HERBERT DWAYNESANFORD27332
DUARTE LEMUS, MARINASANFORD27330
EDDINGS, CARRO ROSESANFORD27330
EDGERLY, IAN DANIELSANFORD27330
EHLERS, JANICE RENEESANFORD27330
ELEY, AGNES RUTHSANFORD27332
ELLER, DONNY MAXSANFORD27330
ESCALANTE-GUTIERREZ, ASHLEY MITCHELLSANFORD27330
ESCHBACH, RICKY DEANSANFORD27332
FELICIO, JASON DENNISSANFORD27330
FERGUSON, CHARLENE JEANETTESANFORD27330
FIGUEROA GARCIA, CARMEN LYDIASANFORD27332
FRANKIE, NIELSENSANFORD27332
FREEDLE, LAURA LYNNSANFORD27330
GHANIME, GEORGE HANNABROADWAY27505
GODFREY, DANNY LEESANFORD27330
GONZALES-ZUNIGA COLLANTES, SOFIASANFORD27330
HAIRSTON, MAKAYLA JEANSANFORD27330
HALL-LAUGHLIN, MEGAN ELIZABETHSANFORD27332
HARPER, DORIS BSANFORD27332
HARRINGTON, JANETTSANFORD27330
HARRISON, MICHAEL BARRONSANFORD27330
HATHAWAY, PAUL EUGENESANFORD27332
HEINS, BAILEY ELIZABETHSANFORD27330
HERBRUGER ALVAREZ, DANIEL FERNANDOSANFORD27330
HERNANDEZ MADDUX, ISABELLA MAESANFORD27332
HERNANDEZ SEGURA, PATRICIASANFORD27332
HERNANDEZ-MENDEZ, KENNETHSANFORD27330
HERRERA-ALVARADO, ALVARO ENRIQUESANFORD27330
HINES, JOHN LANPHERESANFORD27330
HOGAN, ALLEGRA OLIVIA-ROSESANFORD27330
HORNE, TERESA LAKESANFORD27332
HORTON, CAMERON BERNARDSANFORD27330
HOSEY, SUSAN GAILSANFORD27332
HOURANI, LAURELSANFORD27332
HULSTEDT, DIANA CHRISTINESANFORD27330
HUNT, COURTNEYSANFORD27332
INGRAM, VERONICA LYNETTESANFORD27330
IRINYI, ALEXANDRU DESIDERIUSANFORD27332
IRINYI, MARIASANFORD27332
ISHAM, MARY REBECCASANFORD27330
ISLEY, GRACE ANNSANFORD27330
IZQUIERDO PANIAGUA, CARMENSANFORD27330
JACKSON, JAQUANCAMERON28326
JACKSON, RODNEY CSANFORD27330
JASTZABSKI, GABRIEL JOSEPHSANFORD27330
JOHNSON, AARON LEVISANFORD27330
JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER MATTHEWSANFORD27330
JOHNSON, LAKERRA DSANFORD27330
JOHNSTON, ELIZABETH ASHLEYSANFORD27332
JONES, ALLEN LADDSANFORD27330
JONES, KHALIAHSANFORD27330
JONES, KINGSANFORD27330
JOYNER, JONATHAN LYNNSANFORD27330
KAMATH, SUMAN RAOSANFORD27330
KIBBEE, GREGORY PAULSANFORD27330
KNIGHT, MINERVA MARIASANFORD27330
KRENZLER-FERREIRA, VIVIAN YARITZABETHSANFORD27330
LAIR-BAKER, KRISTENSANFORD27330
LARA, NIKKISANFORD27330
LAVOIE, AARON MICHAELSANFORD27330
LEE, ROBERT FITZGERALDSANFORD27330
LEGAC, MARYKATESANFORD27330
LENNON-BOOKER, KEYYONA LASHANSANFORD27330
LEWIS, LISA FUSSELLSANFORD27330
LEWIS-WRIGHT, EVELYN DENISESANFORD27330
LOVE, IAN MICHAELSANFORD27330
MADDUX, LORRAINE MACHELLESANFORD27332
MANN, STACEYSANFORD27330
MAR, KARLA CAROLINASANFORD27330
MARTINEZ, ERIKASANFORD27332
MARTINEZ, MARIA ELENASANFORD27332
MASEFIELD, SHARONSANFORD27330
MATTHEWS, LORETTINE DALUPANSANFORD27332
MCCUTCHEN, THERESA ANNSANFORD27332
MCLAUGHLIN, RONALD MSANFORD27332
MCLEAN, AMBER SIMONESANFORD27332
MCLEAN, IMONISANFORD27332
MCLEAN, TIMOTHY SEANSANFORD27332
MCLEOD, KELIS AMAURISANFORD27332
MCNEILL, MARIESANFORD27332
MCRAE, TREY BERNARDCAMERON28326
MEDLIN, KATIE ANN VIOLACAMERON28326
MENDIGUREN, MATTHEW JORDANSANFORD27332
MINUTH, HARRY MAXBROADWAY27505
MONTERROSO CASTONEDA, JULIO ANTONIOSANFORD27330
MORALES, ASHLEY MICHELLESANFORD27330
MOULTIS, BRYAN TYLERSANFORD27330
MURCHISON, MARCUSSANFORD27330
MUSICK-CLARK, AMBER JOSANFORD27330
NELSON, RONALD LEESANFORD27332
NORDQUIST, CASEY ANNSANFORD27330
NOYOLA-LUVIANO, SAMANTASANFORD27330
OAKLEY, LORENA BSANFORD27330
OLVERA, BRIANNASANFORD27330
PASCUAL, JUSTINSANFORD27330
PATTIGNO, TERANCESANFORD27332
PENA, RAYMONDSANFORD27332
PERCELL, KIMBERLY YVETTESANFORD27330
PHILLIPS, MARY JONESSANFORD27332
PINZON BECERRA, KAREN ROCIOSANFORD27330
POOLE, ELLEN STONESANFORD27330
POWELL, ALTHEA MARIESANFORD27332
POWELL, QUENCYSANFORD27332
PRESSLEY, CLAUDIA CHRISTINESANFORD27332
PRESTON, DEBBIE HOBSONSANFORD27330
QUILTY, JANICE EILEENSANFORD27330
QUINONES ROSARIO, SONIASANFORD27332
RAMOS, MARISA BSANFORD27332
REAVES, ALVIN MARKSANFORD27330
RECKO, JOHN STANLEYSANFORD27332
REIVES, CHRISTOPHER ALDARIASSANFORD27330
RICE, PAIGE NICOLESANFORD27330
RIVERA MONTEIL-JIMENEZ, OMARSANFORD27330
ROBERTSON, DOUGLAS EDWARDSANFORD27332
ROBLEDO, ELIZABETHSANFORD27330
RODRIGUEZ SANTOS, JOCELYNE RAMONASANFORD27332
ROGERS, QUANN ESANFORD27330
RUMBLEY, LINDSEY LAURELSANFORD27332
SANCHEZ, MEGAN BARRYSANFORD27330
SANDERSON, MICHAELSANFORD27332
SCHURR, HAROLDSANFORD27332
SERRA, REANNA LUZSANFORD27332
SEXTON, DAFFNEY ANNSANFORD27330
SHANKS, JEFFREY OTISSANFORD27330
SIMMONS, KIRSTY MICHELESANFORD27330
SMITH, AARON DARRELLBROADWAY27505
SMITH, CHRISTIE ANNSANFORD27330
SMITH, DONNA LYNNETTESANFORD27330
SMITH, MATTHEW GRANTSANFORD27332
SMITH, TYSHAWN ASANFORD27330
SNIPES, GEORGE EDWARDSANFORD27330
SOSA TORRES, ALANIS YAMILETSANFORD27332
SPIVEY, DALTON MILLERSANFORD27330
STARBIRD, FREDERICK LEONSANFORD27330
STARR, TYLER CHRISTIANSANFORD27332
TAPIA CORREA, ALBERT XAVIERSANFORD27330
TAYLOR, AALIYAH SHAUNTELSANFORD27330
THELLMAN, MARY LOUSANFORD27330
THOMAS, JOSHUA MICHAELBROADWAY27505
THOMAS, MEREDITH GERALDSANFORD27330
THOMPSON, JOEL WENDELLSANFORD27330
THOMPSON, MICHAEL HAROLDSANFORD27330
TYSOR, QUAMEKIA DONIELLESANFORD27330
VALLEJO, CIRINO MARTINEZSANFORD27332
VAUTHIER, SHANNON LEESANFORD27332
VELAZQUEZ, ELMER ANTONIOSANFORD27330
VIELMAN, TIFFANY VANESSASANFORD27330
VILLALTA-RIVAS, BLANCA DINORASANFORD27330
VILLATOVO, ITZA IVELISSESANFORD27330
VORBECK, TAYLOR JEAN LUSBYSANFORD27330
WARKONYI, JAIME LEESANFORD27330
WHITE, KENTRELLE SHAWNTESANFORD27330
WICK, VIRGINIA MASON AMBLERSANFORD27332
WILKINSON, KEVIN RICHARDSANFORD27332
WILLIAMS, MARCUS EDWINSANFORD27332
WOODRUFF, ANDY BENNETTSANFORD27330
WRIGHT LYNCH, VALENCIA CSANFORD27330
WYHOF, ANNIE WALKERSANFORD27330
XARA, MARCOS ANTONIOSANFORD27330
ZIBLAY, LISA GAILSANFORD27332
ZIGLAR, THERESA SSANFORD27330