Are 65,000 North Carolina votes valid?The answer to that is now in the hands of a judge to finalize the race for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court.Republican State Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin wants to throw out those votes in his battle against incumbent Justice Allison Riggs because he said their registrations didn’t have key information.

The Democratic National Committee is getting involved in the legal battle over a North Carolina Supreme Court seat and Republicans’ efforts to toss out more than 60,000 votes, filing a brief with the state's highest court as part of an effort to preserve Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs' narrow victory last November.

The Democratic National Committee filed an opposition brief in the dispute race for North Carolina Supreme Court.

North Carolina elections officials are now asking the state supreme court to fast-track Jefferson Griffin's appeal of his election challenge case.