On March 22, the North Carolina House voted to override the gubernatorial veto of HB 100. The bill converts trial court judicial elections from non-partisan to partisan. It also alters the petition deadline for independent candidates for all office, even president, from June to early April. This is flatly unconstitutional under Anderson v Celebrezze and also under a U.S. District Court decision from North Carolina in 1980, Greaves v North Carolina State Board of Elections. Thanks to Kevin Hayes for this news. The vote was 74-44. All Republicans voted for the bill and all Democrats voted against it. UPDATE: the North Carolina Senate will vote on the override on Thursday, March 23.
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Edited By Richard Winger
Do the NC GOP legislators have a thing for being found to be doing unconstitutional things on a regular basis and being smacked down by the judiciary?
Converts not coverts