'GOP jihad': State Supreme Court Justice says Republicans are trying to 'steal' her seat

A “GOP jihad on voting rights across the country” is happening in and outside of Washington, according to a Rolling Stone report.

Inside Washington, it's happening in the form of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act).

It will require people to provide documentation proving proof of U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote in federal elections.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed it, but it's not likely to make it through the Senate.

Princeton history professor and Rolling Stone contributor Sean Wilentz has called it “the most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history [and] an attempt to destroy American democracy as we know it.”

It is similar to the more than 2,000 local bills introduced by Republicans in state legislatures since January.

One November election that is affected by the voting rights issue, North Carolina’s open Supreme Court seat.

According to local reports, Republican Judge Jefferson Griffin has put over 67,000 votes into question in the race, which he lost by 734 votes to Democratic Justice Allison Riggs.

Rolling Stone called the election “a crucial test of the strategy Donald Trump’s legal team explored using in 2024 but didn’t need to, since he won.”

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It’s been 178 days, and a winner still has not been announced.

The outlet claims even Riggs' parents' votes were put into question: “Offhand, [Riggs'] mother mentioned she had received some post-election ‘junk mail’ from the Republican Party of North Carolina,” they wrote.

“It said, ‘Your vote may be the subject of a protest. Scan this QR code.’” Riggs’ mother said.

“When she saw it, Riggs knew exactly what the mailer was — and she couldn’t believe her opponent was challenging her own mother’s vote. She’d later learn he was challenging her father’s vote, too,” Rolling Stone said.

“There’s more at stake than her election alone if Griffin and the Republican Party of North Carolina are allowed to reverse the outcome.”

Riggs called the move “unconstitutional” and believes if she is allowed to lose, “the toothpaste is out of the tube. You can’t ever put it back in. People who would want to overturn election results that they don’t like in the future have the green light; they wouldn’t have a federal court saying ‘No, we’re not going to put up with this.’”