absentee ballot

The requirement that North Carolinians present photo ID at the precinct when they vote in person or provide identification numbers to request an absentee ballot is one such election integrity protection.

Around 5,500 contested votes are absentee ballots from voters overseas registered to vote in four Democrat-leaning counties, who Griffin alleged failed to include photo identification with their absentee ballots.

She said that expanding the photo ID rule retroactively to absentee ballots from every county would balloon the number of North Carolinians affected by Griffin's protest to more than 30,000.

To further limit the possibility of Democrats gaining and exercising power, GOP legislators also voted to slash the time voters are permitted to request absentee ballots and cure any problems with ballots they’ve cast.

He also complained that he was leading in the count until a surge in absentee ballots ballots from Democratic-heavy Milwaukee tipped the balance in Baldwin's favor.