North Carolina Republicans override governor's veto to enact elections overhaul ahead of 2024

Republican lawmakers in North Carolina on Tuesday enacted major changes to the state's election laws, overriding vetoes by the state's Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who has criticized the measures as a "threat to our democracy."

The new laws will change the makeup of state and local election boards, reduce the time to return mail-in ballots and give new powers to partisan poll watchers.

Under the changes, election boards will be evenly divided by party - a move critics say could lead to deadlocks in deciding early voting locations and in certifying results in next year's elections.

Voting rights groups have threatened legal action.

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