The legislation would notably revoke the authority of the governor's successor to appoint members to the state elections board.

Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has just vetoed a sweeping Republican-backed bill — a power grab disguised as a hurricane relief bill — that Republican state lawmakers have tried to

Republicans have a supermajority in the state’s legislature and may move to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto, which would set off a new fight over state power and hurricane aid.

Outgoing North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed legislation on Tuesday that would strip powers from several Democrats elected to statewide office this month, including removing the authority of Cooper's successor to appoint the state elections board.

North Carolina Republican lawmakers voted to strip the state’s incoming Democratic governor and attorney general of key powers.

The state’s Republican-controlled legislature passed a sweeping bill that would erode the power of the Democratic governor and attorney general and hand the G.O.P. more control over elections.

If North Carolina Republican legislative leaders were hoping to prevent a gubernatorial veto of their ambitious 131-page proposal to reorganize several aspects of state government and take away the powers of statewide offices soon to be filled by Democrats by attaching changes to Hurricane Helene relief legislation,