Republican state legislators in North Carolina are moving quickly to pass measures to restrict Democrat power over elections after likely losing its veto-proof majority in the state House.
While Republicans will maintain control of both the House and Senate in North Carolina, if election results remain where they are, the party is one seat shy of its veto-proof majority in the House. Additionally, Gov.-elect Josh Stein looks poised to be able to exercise more authority than his Democrat predecessor, Gov. Roy Cooper.
Both chambers passed a bill that would weaken the governor’s ability to oversee elections, in particular transferring the power of the governor to appoint members of the currently Democrat-run North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) to the state auditor, Republican Dave Boliek.
“The agility of the General Assembly was demonstrated…
