"I had never met her," Sen. Paul Newton, R-Cabarrus, said of Cleta Mitchell. "I did not know who she was until after the meeting. They had no influence on the bill whatsoever."
Comments in the North Carolina General Assembly supporting SB 747 (Election Law Changes) and partially supporting SB 749 (No Partisan Advantage in Elections)
The state Senate's Republican election leaders have unveiled an omnibus bill that would set Election Day as the absentee ballot deadline and ban "Zuck bucks."
North Carolina elections officials are responding to Republican-sponsored bills in the House and Senate whose stated purpose is to enhance election integrity.
Legislative leaders have named the conferees for House Bill 259, which consists of 26 senators and 47 members of the House of Representatives. State lawmakers approved legalization of sports betting on mobile devices and at specific in-person sporting events in North Carolina.