RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Republican legislators are moving to try to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes, this time on legislation limiting candidates for new parties and redrawing judicial districts in North Carolina's two largest counties.
The state Senate scheduled votes late Tuesday on whether to enact the laws over Cooper's objections announced late last week. If Senate Republicans are successful on override votes, House Republicans would vote either Wednesday or Thursday.
One measure changes many judicial election districts in Wake and Mecklenburg counties. The other in part prevents the new Green and Constitution parties from nominating for the fall any losing candidate in primaries for the same office.
The Constitution Party nominated 10 legislative and county candidates over the weekend. It appears three couldn't run if the "sore loser" provision is upheld.
Republicans look to override vetoes on new parties, maps
Republican legislators are moving to try to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes
