Court: Lawmakers grabbed NC governor’s powers on elections

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – North Carolina’s highest court stepped in Friday to limit the Republican-dominated legislature’s efforts to minimize Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s ability to pursue his goals, declaring unconstitutional a law devising a state elections board that hinted at deadlock.

The state Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that Cooper couldn’t …

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