Amanda Carpenter

Yeah, this is a long story, but a great story. Yeah, we had a lot of Protect Democracy folks working on this case, but long story short, there was a Republican candidate, a judge. He was actually a sitting judge named Jefferson Griffin, and he lost the election in November, but this thing has gone on since then. He fought it and fought it.

Yeah, this is a long story, but a great story. Yeah, we had a lot of Protect Democracy folks working on this case, but long story short, there was a Republican candidate, a judge. He was actually a sitting judge named Jefferson Griffin, and he lost the election in November, but this thing has gone on since then. He fought it and fought it.

Yeah, this is a long story, but a great story. Yeah, we had a lot of Protect Democracy folks working on this case, but long story short, there was a Republican candidate, a judge. He was actually a sitting judge named Jefferson Griffin, and he lost the election in November, but this thing has gone on since then. He fought it and fought it.

He lost the race by a little over 700 votes, but then tried to challenge and disqualify 65,000 votes. So they were really just kind of going after everything and like, okay, you know, there's jockeying, even a judge who should know the law shouldn't be doing this. But what was really concerning was that the North Carolina Supreme Court let it go on.

He lost the race by a little over 700 votes, but then tried to challenge and disqualify 65,000 votes. So they were really just kind of going after everything and like, okay, you know, there's jockeying, even a judge who should know the law shouldn't be doing this. But what was really concerning was that the North Carolina Supreme Court let it go on.

He lost the race by a little over 700 votes, but then tried to challenge and disqualify 65,000 votes. So they were really just kind of going after everything and like, okay, you know, there's jockeying, even a judge who should know the law shouldn't be doing this. But what was really concerning was that the North Carolina Supreme Court let it go on.

And one of the most outrageous things that he was doing is that he was trying to disqualify military ballots because they didn't have a photo ID, even though no photo ID was required. So, like, you know, the fact that it continued for so long, even on the basis of these just really ludicrous claims, was a big deal because it was essentially leaving this open. But great news.

And one of the most outrageous things that he was doing is that he was trying to disqualify military ballots because they didn't have a photo ID, even though no photo ID was required. So, like, you know, the fact that it continued for so long, even on the basis of these just really ludicrous claims, was a big deal because it was essentially leaving this open. But great news.

And one of the most outrageous things that he was doing is that he was trying to disqualify military ballots because they didn't have a photo ID, even though no photo ID was required. So, like, you know, the fact that it continued for so long, even on the basis of these just really ludicrous claims, was a big deal because it was essentially leaving this open. But great news.

We got a positive court decision and he finally, finally conceded this week. And, you know, I think this is especially important because this is the kind of like long term election subversion that a lot of us feared after the presidential election. It didn't happen because Donald Trump just won by so much. But this was a model, right?

We got a positive court decision and he finally, finally conceded this week. And, you know, I think this is especially important because this is the kind of like long term election subversion that a lot of us feared after the presidential election. It didn't happen because Donald Trump just won by so much. But this was a model, right?

We got a positive court decision and he finally, finally conceded this week. And, you know, I think this is especially important because this is the kind of like long term election subversion that a lot of us feared after the presidential election. It didn't happen because Donald Trump just won by so much. But this was a model, right?

Like this would this was the thing that we feared that you could like keep people out of the seat for so long and ultimately persevere permanently. by getting courts just to let it continue. And so this was a great win. And also, I think it's important to look in the context of how well the court system is continuing to hold.

Like this would this was the thing that we feared that you could like keep people out of the seat for so long and ultimately persevere permanently. by getting courts just to let it continue. And so this was a great win. And also, I think it's important to look in the context of how well the court system is continuing to hold.

Like this would this was the thing that we feared that you could like keep people out of the seat for so long and ultimately persevere permanently. by getting courts just to let it continue. And so this was a great win. And also, I think it's important to look in the context of how well the court system is continuing to hold.

Trump, he's been stopped a number of times, hundreds of times by a lot of lower level decisions. And so you do have to take some kind of heart in that, although there can still be big conflicts coming.

Trump, he's been stopped a number of times, hundreds of times by a lot of lower level decisions. And so you do have to take some kind of heart in that, although there can still be big conflicts coming.

Trump, he's been stopped a number of times, hundreds of times by a lot of lower level decisions. And so you do have to take some kind of heart in that, although there can still be big conflicts coming.

Yeah, one more thought. And the big thing that, you know, I think we're really monitoring and watching and trying to prepare for. But first, you know, if you want to stop authoritarianism, especially when it comes in the form of this populist style, which, you know, it often does, you have to make the autocrat less popular.

Yeah, one more thought. And the big thing that, you know, I think we're really monitoring and watching and trying to prepare for. But first, you know, if you want to stop authoritarianism, especially when it comes in the form of this populist style, which, you know, it often does, you have to make the autocrat less popular.