How I see the Jefferson Griffin case playing out from here

The Court of Appeals ruled in Griffin’s favor on Friday, but it’s far from over

My position on Judge Jefferson Griffin’s challenge of the 2024 Supreme Court race results is well documented. This should have all ended months ago. The State Board of Elections should be forced to fix improper voter registrations, but the results of the election should stand.

But nothing is that simple in our litigious political landscape. The Court of Appeals just ruled today in Griffin’s favor and laid out a process for what comes next. Here’s how that would go:

• The State Board of Elections orders county boards to notify more than 60,000 voters whose registrations are missing Social Security digits, plus military and overseas voters who didn’t provide voter ID.

• Voters get 15 days to “cure” their ballots — either by updating their registration info or submitting the required ID.

• County boards adjust the vote totals. Cured ballots stay. Uncured ones are tossed.

This isn’t actually how it’s going to play out, though.

If you’ve paid any attention at all to political litigation over the last decade or so, you know how long it takes to reach a resolution, and how many back-and-forth steps it requires.

Here’s what I think happens next: