North Carolina House Overrides Veto of Bill that Converts Judicial Elections to Partisan Elections and Makes Ballot Access Worse

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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North Carolina House Overrides Veto of Bill that Converts Judicial Elections to Partisan Elections and Makes Ballot Access Worse — 2 Comments

  1. 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?

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