Source: Craig Jarvis, NEWS & OBSERVER, 12/26/18


On the eve of a one-day session to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill making campaign finance investigations confidential, the governor pointed to election-fraud allegations in the 9th Congressional District as proof that greater transparency is needed. Cooper’s office released a statement by the Democratic governor on Wednesday calling the controversy over absentee ballots centered in Bladen County “disturbing” and describing the General Assembly’s legislation as “astonishing.” He said it “mandates secrecy” and makes it harder to prosecute those who break the law.

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