Two election-related bills have become North Carolina law despite Gov. Roy Cooper’s formal objections to each.
The House voted Wednesday to override Cooper’s vetoes on both measures, copying what the Senate did Tuesday.
One measure alters Superior Court election district boundaries in Mecklenburg County and directs that District Court judges no longer be elected countywide in both Mecklenburg and Wake counties. Now voters in those two counties will elect only a few based on where they live.
The other vetoed bill will require criminal background checks for key state and county election officials and put new restrictions on candidates from the new Green and Constitution parties this fall.
With Wednesday’s votes the Republican-controlled legislature has overridden 13 of the 16 vetoes Cooper has issued since taking office in early 2017.
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