North Carolina Republican legislators have given final approval to a series of political power moves that would weaken the incoming governor and other Democratic elected officials. The Senate voted Wednesday along party lines for a measure that would alter yet again how the State Board of Elections is appointed.
A placard expressing opposition to a Republican-penned measure being debated sits outside the North Carolina Senate gallery at a Legislative Building news conference in Raleigh , N.C., Wednesday, Nov. 20. 2024. RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Republican legislators gave final approval Wednesday to a series of political power moves that would weaken the incoming governor and other Democratic elected officials in the ninth-largest state.
State lawmakers meeting twice this fall already approved with near unanimous support legislation setting aside over $900 million toward Helene relief and recovery. Cooper has asked for much more — at least $3.9 billion — and quickly. While this week’s bill locates an additional $252 million from state reserves, nearly all of it can’t be spent right now.
No other state has such a structure where the state auditor has election responsibilities, said David Becker, a former U.S. Justice Department lawyer who runs the Center for Election Innovation & Research. He called the proposal “deeply troubling.”
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