The GOP supermajority will write a new voter ID law before more Democrats take office

The GOP supermajority will write a new voter ID law before more Democrats take office

RALEIGH
Republican state legislators in North Carolina plan to write more laws this month to take advantage of the last weeks that they hold a veto-proof majority.

On Tuesday, voters approved four additions to the state constitution. At least two, and possibly three, will require changes to state law: a photo ID requirement for voters, expansion of crime victims’ rights, and protections for hunting and fishing. The fourth constitutional amendment voters approved will lower the cap on the state income tax from 10 percent to 7 percent.

Those constitutional changes will take effect on Nov. 27, when the state elections board certifies results, said Gerry Cohen, former general counsel to the General Assembly. Legislative leaders have scheduled their session to resume that day.

Also on Tuesday, voters kept Republicans in control of the House and Senate but reduced their majorities enough that they won’t be able to block Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes without help from Democrats. But the new balance of power won’t take effect until lawmakers’ regular session in January.


Legislative leaders have said they planned to take action on voter ID in the November session. Pat Ryan, a spokesman for Senate leader Phil Berger, said Wednesday that staff was just beginning to work on the voter ID and victims’ rights laws, and it was too soon to say what the proposals would look like.
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