(12 Dec 2024)
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Raleigh, North Carolina – 11 December 2024
1. Wide of statehouse chamber, Upsound (English) Speaker: "(Inaudible) machine records the vote. 74 having voted in the affirmative and 44 of the negative. The motion carries having passed by the requisite (inaudible), the House has overridden the governor’s veto, and the bill…"
Crowd: "Shame."
2. Various of people getting up and leaving the balcony shouting (English) "shame"
3. Wide of protestors chanting "shame"
4. Protestors walking down staircase chanting "people’s house"
STORYLINE:
North Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday enacted a law over the governor’s veto that would diminish the powers afforded to his successor and other other Democratic statewide winners in the Nov. 5 elections.
In a 72-46 vote, the Republican-dominated House overrode Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto a week after the GOP-controlled Senate voted to do the same.
Like during the Senate vote, opponents to the power-shifting bill sat in the gallery and disrupted the chambers’ floor proceedings. More than 150 people gathered on the third floor — more than the House gallery could seat. They chanted “shame” as the override vote completed and continued to yell as they were escorted out.
Many provisions within the 132-page law seek to diminish powers afforded to Gov.-elect Josh Stein, incoming attorney general Jeff Jackson, the next Democratic lieutenant governor and the schools superintendent. They all take office early next month. One of the most significant changes shifts the power to appoint State Board of Elections members from the governor to the state auditor, who will be a Republican next year.
For decades, the governor has selected its five members, with the governor’s party usually taking three seats. The enacted law transfers that power to the state auditor starting in spring. This, in turn, means Republicans will likely hold majorities on the state board and the county election boards.
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