North Carolina Republicans have enacted vote-count restrictions and weakened the governor’s ability to oversee elections and other state regulatory bodies by overriding Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes. Narrow GOP supermajorities in the General Assembly overturned five vetoes Tuesday. Two new laws address elections and voting in the ninth-largest state, which is a likely presidential battleground next year. Lawsuits attempting to block some of the new laws are anticipated. One law eliminates
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper listens as democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein speaks at a rally at Shaw University in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. Joselle Torres, with Democracy North Carolina, an election and voter advocacy group, speaks at a news conference outside the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. Torres and other speakers urged lawmakers to uphold the vetoes of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on several bills.
In a series of votes, the narrow GOP supermajorities in the House and Senate overturned five Cooper vetoes, two of which address elections and voting in the ninth-largest state — a likely presidential battleground where statewide races usually are very close.
The electoral changes are among a wave of GOP election laws and administrative overhauls that have occurred while former President Donald Trump, who seeks a return to the White House, has repeatedly made false claims that the 2020 election was riddled with fraud. While Trump won North Carolina’s electoral votes in both 2016 and 2020, Democrats see the state as a pickup opportunity for President Joe Biden in 2024.
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