A federal judge ordered North Carolina's election board to certify a sitting Democratic justice's electoral victory to the state's Supreme Court.

Judge Richard Myers of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, a Trump appointee, ruled against Griffin’s efforts, saying that the North Carolina Board of Elections must formally declare Riggs the winner of the race.

A federal judge ordered North Carolina's election board on Monday to not throw out any ballots cast by voters in November in a close race for a seat on the state's Supreme Court and to certify a sitting Democratic justice's electoral victory.