RALEIGH – North Carolina Republican legislators this week unveiled 상원 법안 749, an attempt to radically alter the State Board of Elections and county election boards. The bill comes after North Carolina voters and courts blocked past attempts by GOP lawmakers to meddle with the State Board of Elections.

Under longstanding law, members of the State Board of Elections are appointed by the Governor of North Carolina. But in a dramatic upheaval of separation of powers, Republican legislative leaders want to strip the governor’s authority to name members to the elections board. Instead, the legislature would seize control of those appointments.

The Republican-controlled legislature has repeatedly tried to alter the State Board of Elections after Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper was elected in 2016. Courts have struck down those unconstitutional changes.

Republicans then tried to pass a constitutional amendment to restructure the State Board of Elections in 2018. But the voters of North Carolina soundly 거부됨 that amendment, 62% to 38%.

Nevertheless, Republican lawmakers are trying yet again to impose their will on the State Board of Elections even after being blocked by the courts and the people of North Carolina.

다음은 다음의 성명입니다. Bob Phillips, Common Cause North Carolina의 전무이사:

“The courts and the people of North Carolina have already spoken clearly on this issue – and emphatically rejected the legislature’s repeated attempts to meddle with the State Board of Elections. This latest proposal by Republican lawmakers is yet another politically motivated plan that attacks our state’s separation of powers and undermines our elections. It should likewise be rejected.”

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