TO AVOID MAJOR TRAFFIC TIE UPS. WE BEGIN TONIGHT, THOUGH, WITH A REMARKABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE STILL UNDECIDED RACE FOR NORTH CAROLINA STATE SUPREME COURT. DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT ALLISON RIGGS HAS TAKEN THE LEAD OVER HER REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER, JEFFERSON GRIFFIN, BY JUST 106 VOTES. A FEW DAYS AGO, GRIFFIN, LED BY 10,000. TODAY IS THE DEADLINE FOR COUNTIES TO COMPLETE THEIR CANVASS PROCESS OF SCRUTINIZING PROVISIONAL AND ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND THEN CERTIFYING THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL RESULTS. SO FAR, 89 COUNTIES HAVE. BUT THESE 11 HAVE NOT BRUNSWICK, CHATHAM, CRAVEN. CUMBERLAND. DURHAM. FORSYTH. HALIFAX. RANDOLPH. SAMPSON. WATAUGA AND YANCEY. MORE ON THE SECOND PAGE THERE. VOTE TOTALS ARE STILL SUBJECT TO CHANGE IN EACH OF THOSE COUNTIES. NOW, RIGGS LEADS IN SIX OF THE 11 COUNTIES, AND IT’S WORTH NOTING DURHAM AND FORSYTH ARE TWO OF THE LARGEST BLUE COUNTIES IN THE ENTIRE STATE. GRIFFIN HAS THE LEAD IN THE OTHER FIVE. …
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