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NPR News Now
NPR News: 12-02-2024 7PM EST
The bill from the Republican legislature would prevent incoming Democratic Governor Josh Stein from appointing the state's elections board, and it would take power away from other statewide offices won by Democrats. Current Democratic Governor Roy Cooper says the changes are unconstitutional and shouldn't have been attached to a Hurricane Helene relief bill.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 12-02-2024 7PM EST
Republican State Senator Ralph Heist defended the changes.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 12-02-2024 7PM EST
The vetoed bill now goes to the state House, where three Republicans voted against it last month. For NPR News, I'm Colin Campbell in Raleigh.