![]() Three provisions in one omnibus voting measure considered are very similar to those contained in previous years’ legislation that Cooper successfully vetoed. “They are thinly veiled attempts to manipulate the electoral system in favor of those who seek to consolidate their power at the expense of the people’s voice.” ![]() “These proposed changes are not about fairness or balance,” Chantal Stevens, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina, said at a news conference before the committee meeting. Those votes could make the difference between who wins close statewide and local races in 2024. Committee votes could come Thursday.īut voting rights advocates said the bills are GOP power grabs completed under the pretense of combatting nearly nonexistent voter fraud but that could cancel tens of thousands of otherwise lawful ballots. “It is up to us as a legislature to take steps to instill confidence in North Carolina voters that the outcome is sound regardless of who wins,” said Senate Majority Leader Paul Newton of Cabarrus County, a co-sponsors of both bills. ![]() The sponsors of the two measures pitched to a Senate committee said they’re designed to boost trust in elections, ensure only qualified people can vote and build bipartisan consensus in election administration. (AP) - North Carolina Republican senators began on Wednesday to attempt to advance wide-ranging voting measures addressing early and absentee balloting and transferring control over the state election board from Democratic Gov.
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