Two recounts show Griffin lost the State Supreme Court seat to Justice Allison Riggs. Now, he says 60,000 ballots should be tossed out.

Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate for North Carolina Supreme Court, saw more opposition Monday as hundreds rallied in downtown Raleigh calling for him to concede the November election.

Hundreds gathered in uptown Monday to protest Republican Jefferson Griffin’s challenges to November’s state Supreme Court race. Two recounts say Griffin lost to Democrat Allison Riggs by more than 700 votes. Three months later, the election has not been certified. Griffin has asked that 65,000 ballots be thrown out, citing untested legal theories.