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| North Carolina governor-elect Roy Cooper sues over law limiting powers | North Carolina governor-elect Roy Cooper sues over law limiting powers |
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| North Carolina’s incoming Democratic governor has sued over a new law passed by Republican legislators to limit his powers as he prepares to take office. | North Carolina’s incoming Democratic governor has sued over a new law passed by Republican legislators to limit his powers as he prepares to take office. |
| Governor-elect Roy Cooper, who defeated the Republican Pat McCrory in a close November election that was only declared in December, filed the lawsuit on Friday, over a law that ends the control governors exert over statewide and county election boards. | Governor-elect Roy Cooper, who defeated the Republican Pat McCrory in a close November election that was only declared in December, filed the lawsuit on Friday, over a law that ends the control governors exert over statewide and county election boards. |
| Cooper’s lawsuit asks a Wake County judge to block the law from taking effect on Sunday, when he will be sworn into office. | Cooper’s lawsuit asks a Wake County judge to block the law from taking effect on Sunday, when he will be sworn into office. |
| The lawsuit says the radical changes made two weeks ago to the administration of election laws by Republican-led legislature are unconstitutional because they violate separation of powers. | The lawsuit says the radical changes made two weeks ago to the administration of election laws by Republican-led legislature are unconstitutional because they violate separation of powers. |
| The changes convert the state elections board from one that governors have controlled into a bipartisan body with equal numbers of Republicans and Democrats. | The changes convert the state elections board from one that governors have controlled into a bipartisan body with equal numbers of Republicans and Democrats. |
| County election boards would have two members from each party, rather than the current three members with a majority from the governor’s party. | County election boards would have two members from each party, rather than the current three members with a majority from the governor’s party. |
| Political dysfunction in North Carolina has made national headlines in recent months, also regarding a failed attempt to repeal HB2, the “bathroom bill” which has prompted an outcry over the rights of transgender people and prompted big business and big names in the arts to boycott the state. | |
| A recent report by the Election Integrity Project raised concerns over the Republican move against the Democratic governor, the gerrymandering of electoral districts and the suppression of minority voters. | A recent report by the Election Integrity Project raised concerns over the Republican move against the Democratic governor, the gerrymandering of electoral districts and the suppression of minority voters. |
| EIP researcher Andrew Reynolds, a professor at the University of North Carolina, said his state had become “a deeply flawed, partly free democracy that is only slightly ahead of the failed democracies that constitute much of the developing world”. | EIP researcher Andrew Reynolds, a professor at the University of North Carolina, said his state had become “a deeply flawed, partly free democracy that is only slightly ahead of the failed democracies that constitute much of the developing world”. |