With 292 ballots in question and the difference of votes counted 734, the North Carolina State Board of Elections on Friday voted to dismiss remaining protests by Republican Jefferson Griffin in his race against Democrat Allison Riggs.

North Carolina’s elections board has dismissed protests filed by several Republican candidates trailing narrowly in their races last month who have questioned well over 60,000 ballots cast this fall.

Republicans in the state legislature gave an ally control over the state’s elections board, rewrote ballot-counting rules and chipped away at the power of the incoming Democratic governor.

The state Board of Elections on Friday dismissed the county-level protests four Republican candidates filed contesting November’s election results. Appeals Court Judge Jefferson Griffin, state Rep. Frank Sossamon,

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