N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, put out a press release this afternoon announcing that House Republicans will try to override Gov. Bev Perdue’s veto of the voter ID bill during their redistricting session in mid July:
“Governor Perdue has chosen to veto a bill that over 75% of North Carolinians support and more than a dozen other states utilize,” Tillis said. “Governor Perdue continues to play politics and she has once again turned her back on the voters of our state. Republicans in the state House will not let this stand. We will take the lead and we will work for an override vote on the voter ID bill when the House reconvenes in July.”
Tillis said the House will notice the veto override once the House reconvenes in July for a brief session on redistricting. The override vote will occur during the July session.
Republicans face an uphill climb because no Democrat in either chamber voted for the bill. The majority party would need at least four Democrats to side with them in the House to get 72 votes and override the veto. And so the drama continues.
