North Carolina Lawmakers Move to Eliminate Gov. Roy Cooper’s Power to Appoint Members to Majority Democrat Election Board

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper takes part in the "Curbing the Opioid Epidemic" session at the National Governors Association summer meeting in Providence, Rhode Island, on July 13, 2017. Brian Snyder/Reuters

North Carolina Senate Republicans have advanced a bill that would eliminate Gov. Roy Cooper’s power to appoint members to the majority Democrat state election board.

Senate Bill 749, titled “No Partisan Advantage in Election,” seeks to transfer the administrative authority to appoint members of the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) to the Department of the Secretary of State.