NC Republicans are struggling to get enough votes to pass huge new power grab: report

North Carolina Republicans are trying to strip powers from the incoming Democratic state officials that voters just elected, over outgoing Gov. But while the GOP-backed state Senate overrode the veto, it's not guaranteed they will have the votes to do so in the House, freelance journalist Bryan Anderson reported Friday. The state GOP gained a supermajority in the legislature thanks to the defection of Tricia Cotham, who joined the Republican Party last year and gave them votes to pass a number of things over Cooper's objections, including an abortion ban. This year, however, Democrats retained the governor's mansion with state Attorney General Josh Stein defeating embattled Lt. Gov. Among other things, SB 382 would shift the power to appoint the state Board of Elections from the governor to the state auditor, who is a Republican; remove the authority of the attorney general to argue cases against the legislature; remove much of the superintendent's oversight of charter schools; eliminate the districts of certain state judges who frequently vote to strike down Republican legislation; and reduce the amount of time voters have to cure defective ballots, which helped carry Democrats over the line in some close races.