Washington Post. North Carolina Republicans are back at it! The North Carolina legislature (controlled by Republicans) is seeking “last-minute inclusions” in a hurricane relief bill that “will strip the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general of significant authority before the GOP loses its legislative supermajority.”

Among the powers being stripped:

• Control over election boards: “The lame-duck bill will shift the ability to appoint members of the state and county elections boards from the governor to the state auditor. That will mean Republicans instead of Democrats will control those boards, which oversee ballot tallies, set voting rules and decide how many early-voting locations to open.”
• Control over judicial vacancies: “the governor must fill any vacancies on the state’s top courts with appointees recommended by the political party of the departing judge.”

The bill also makes it harder for voters to cast provisional ballots: Voters who do not bring a photo ID to the polls will only have three days (previously nine) to show up.

It is unclear if the NC GOP has the votes to pass the measure.