Trailing incumbent Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs by 625 votes, Republican Appeals Court Judge Jefferson Griffin wants to have batches of votes discounted. Griffin has challenged ballots of more than 60,

Many of Griffin’s protests rely on legal theories put forward by Republican lawyers that have been rejected by state and federal courts.

Though Griffin had initially led Riggs by about 10,000 votes after Election Night, the race eventually flipped as provisional ballots were counted — putting Riggs in the lead. Griffin submitted his request for a recount to the State Board of Elections on Tuesday.