In a recent development in North Carolina's elections, Democrats were victorious in a Supreme Court race, but faced a significant setback when they lost control of the state board that oversees election rules. This shift happened after a law was passed transferring appointment powers from the Democratic governor to the Republican state auditor. Experts predict this change could enable challenges like those from Judge Jefferson Griffin, thereby limiting access to early voting and impacting Democratic prospects in future elections.
The conservative takeover comes after the Republican-controlled state legislature passed a law stripping the power to appoint board members from North Carolina's Democratic governor and gave it to the Republican state auditor.
It will 'tilt the playing field to the advantage of the GOP,' said Gene Nichol, a law professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who studies democracy in the state.
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