Cooper vetoes bill reducing mail-in ballot acceptance period, allowing freer movement of poll watchers
Cooper on Thursday said Senate Bill 747 would disenfranchise voters and leave election administrators vulnerable to threats.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday vetoed a bill that would make a number of changes to the way elections are administered.
His veto is likely to be overridden in the Republican-controlled legislature.
“This legislation has nothing to do with election security and everything to do with Republicans keeping and gaining power,” Cooper said. “It requires valid votes to be tossed out unnecessarily, schemes to restrict early voting and absentee ballots, encourages voter intimidation and attempts to give Republican legislators the authority to decide contested election results.”
If enacted, Senate Bill 747 would do the following:
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