The Orange County Democratic Party of North Carolina
We work to elect leaders who will provide: an economy that works for all, quality public education, reproductive rights for all, affordable health care for all, the right to vote in fair elections, civil rights of all, and strong communities across our wonderful state where everyone has access to clean air and water.
Orange County Democratic Party’s Annual Convention
The Orange County Democratic Party will hold its annual Convention on Saturday, April 26, 2025 at AL Stanback Middle School in Hillsborough. During the Convention, county officers and members of the NCDP’s State Executive Board will be elected for two-year terms and resolutions will be adopted for submission to Congressional District 4. Sign up for the Convention here.
Please read information about the County Convention, including profiles of the candidates, the Delegate Packet, Rules for the Convention, and the Omnibus Resolution Package.
North Carolina Supreme Court Race
Justice Allison Riggs won the race for N.C Supreme Court by 734 after two recounts. However, during the last 5 months her GOP opponent Jefferson Griffin has been trying to throw out more than 65,000 ballots cast in the November 2024 Supreme Court election.
On April 11, the N.C. Supreme Court ruled that a majority of the ballots contested by Jefferson Griffin should be counted. Griffin has challenged 60,000 ballots cast by voters whose voter registration allegedly lacked a social security number or driver’s license number.
However, the Court’s decision requires approximately 5,000 military and overseas voters, who used absentee ballots, to provide a copy of their photo identification, or complete an affidavit known as a Photo ID Exception Form, to ensure their votes are counted. The amount of time that an affected voter will have to provide their photo ID documentation is 30 days following notification by their county board of elections.
The N.C. State Board of Elections has issued a release stating it will provide detailed instructions to the affected county board of elections and voters on how to comply with the N.C. Supreme Court decision.
For certain voters who have never resided in the United States but have a connection to North Carolina through their parents, the N.C. Supreme Court ruled the votes cast by these voters must be removed from the votes cast in the 2024 N.C. Supreme Court election.
Following the issuance of the N.C. Supreme Court’s decision, Justice Riggs asked the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina to freeze action on the case. On April 12, Judge Richard Myers responded by ordering the N.C. State Board of Elections to prepare instructions to implement the N.C. Supreme Court’s ruling which gives overseas and military voters 30 days to cure their ballots. Judge Myers’ order also barred the Board from declaring a winner.
Please support Justice Riggs and donate to the legal fight.
