ROCKINGHAM – As part of the ongoing mission of the Richmond Observer to provide expansive coverage of current events of interest, we offer the following insight from State Representative Ken Goodman regarding upcoming constitutional amendment considerations.
THE RALEIGH REPORT
Six Constitutional Amendments
The Governor cannot veto these bills.
· In the last 20 years, North Carolina has voted on 7 constitutional amendments.
· In November 2018, voters will vote on 6 constitutional amendments.
What are the six amendments about? Here is a brief explanation of the third of the six.
Shift Power from Governor to General Assembly and Create Divided Elections Board (amendment #3)
This amendment really does two very different things. The first is it takes away from Governor Cooper the authority to appoint boards and commissions and gives it to the General Assembly.
The second part of the amendment creates an eight member elections and ethics board (currently, there are nine) and divides them evenly between the two major parties. Legislative leaders would appoint all of the members and the Governor would not have any appointments.
Voters will see this language on their ballots: “Constitutional amendment to establish a bipartisan Board of Ethics and Elections to administer ethics and election laws, to clarify the appointment authority of the Legislative and the Judicial Branches, and to prohibit legislators from serving on boards and commissions exercising executive or judicial authority.”
You can read HB 913 here.
Please feel free to contact me when you have questions or concerns pertaining to Legislative matters.
Contact Information: Representative Ken Goodman
919-733-5823 (Office) 919-733-2599 (Fax)
ken.goodman@ncleg.net Room 542 – Legislative Office Building
300 N. Salisbury Street Raleigh, NC 27603
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