Recount team volunteer Stephen Schmitt assists as Mecklenburg officials hold a recount in North Carolina's Supreme Court election, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, at Valerie C. Woodard Community Resource Center in Charlotte, N.C. (Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez/The Charlotte Observer via AP)
Volunteers feed ballots into ballot machines as Mecklenburg officials hold a recount in North Carolina's Supreme Court election, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, at Valerie C. Woodard Community Resource Center in Charlotte, N.C. (Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez/The Charlotte Observer via AP)
Volunteers feed ballots into ballot machines as Mecklenburg officials hold a recount in North Carolina's Supreme Court election, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, at Valerie C. Woodard Community Resource Center in Charlotte, N.C. (Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez/The Charlotte Observer via AP)