North Carolina Legislature May Put a Constitutional Amendment on Ballot to Revert to a State Elections Board with Only Republican and Democratic Members

This year the North Carolina State Board of Elections was altered, so that there are four Republicans, four Democrats, and one member who is neither. However, the legislature may pass a proposed constitutional amendment to return to an 8-member board, with only four Democrats and four Republicans. See this story. The proposal says all the members would be appointed by legislative leaders. The Governor would not have any appointment power.


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North Carolina Legislature May Put a Constitutional Amendment on Ballot to Revert to a State Elections Board with Only Republican and Democratic Members — 2 Comments

  1. The measure appears to be cleverly written to avoid a court challenge. It says that no more than 4 members of the board could be from the same party. Thus, in theory, someone COULD be appointed from neither party, altho that would be highly unlikely.

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