The story above was about how well the North Carolina elections process works.  Jury’s still out on the state’s democracy process, though.

This News & Observer piece reviews the legislation tacked on to a Helene relief bill, stripping state executive officials’ powers in Democratic hands that might check the Republican-supermajority legislature.  The legislation was passed largely on party lines, vetoed by the Governor, and now needs every Republican legislator in the state House and Senate in order to override the veto.  The Republican Senate has already moved to override.  But that “largely on party lines” statement is really important: three Republican members of the House voted no as the bill was on its way to passage, and there are a lot of eyes on them as the House sets up an override vote for next week.