The North Carolina Supreme Court tossed out 260 ballots identified by the Griffin campaign as "never residents." The court also ruled that overseas military ballots that were cast without providing a photo ID should not count unless the voter provides proof of their identity within 30 days. Taken together, these two rulings could reverse the result of the election, particularly since the Griffin campaign is only challenging ballots from four heavily Democratic counties.

For the 2024 election, Young requested an overseas ballot because he was studying abroad for a few months in Spain. "It just shows that there's really no interest in them trying to find out if these ballots are actual citizens or not," Young said in an interview. "If they wanted to look into this even just a little bit, it's pretty clear that my residence is in Jackson County. It's really not that hard to figure that out." https://popular.info/p/north-carolina-supreme-court-throws