With newfound authority, NC's GOP auditor makes election board appointments

In a move that will transform how North Carolina conducts its elections, Republican state auditor Dave Boliek appointed three members to the state's board of elections Thursday, less than 24 hours after a court ruled he had the power to do so.

Why it matters: Democratic Gov. Josh Stein has been fighting GOP state legislative leaders in court for months to block a new law that strips elections board appointment powers from the governor and grants them instead to the state auditor.

The law, upheld by an unnamed three-judge North Carolina Court of Appeals panel Wednesday, has the immediate impact of flipping the elections board from majority Democrat to majority Republican for the first time in nearly a decade.

Boliek, who was elected state auditor in November, is the first Republican to hold the office since 2009.



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