B 747 News Today

Today, the NC House Speaker Tim Moore released the following statement Gov. Cooper's intent to veto SB 747, "Elections Law Changes."

Today the North Carolina House has voted to override Governor Cooper's veto of Senate Bill 747, a bill which will make significant improvements to North Carolina's election laws and further strengthen the integrity of our elections.

Additions to the Bill Include Early Voting, Election Observer, Reforms.

RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bills into law:

RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper said today he will veto Senate Bill 747, the dangerous election bill that makes it harder for people, especially young people, college students away from home and people of color to vote and for their votes to count.

Political observers say the governor's move is aimed at sending a message to voters ahead of elections, even if the legislature overrides his veto.

A pair of election integrity bills passed Thursday in the North Carolina Senate. S.B. 747, Election Law Changes, and S.B. 749, No Partisan Advantage in Elections, both passed with a vote of 28-19.

On Wednesday, the North Carolina House Rules Committee voted in favor of changes to Senate Bill 747, laying a framework for major election law changes in the Tar heel state.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) – The “jumbo jet of election reform” that the North Carolina Senate delivered to the House for ratification nearly two months ago appears on the runway to go supersonic in scope. The House on Friday night dropped a lengthy committee substitute for Senate Bill 747 – which with its companion SB 749 […]

"I had never met her," Sen. Paul Newton, R-Cabarrus, said of Cleta Mitchell. "I did not know who she was until after the meeting. They had no influence on the bill whatsoever."