CNN —
North Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature passed a bill Wednesday that would make major changes to the state’s election laws, the latest in efforts by GOP-led jurisdictions across the country to rewrite election procedures and impose restrictions on voting practices.
Senate Bill 747 would overhaul the existing election laws of the Tar Heel State, adding new restrictions and deadlines and further empowering partisan poll watchers, among other changes.
The bill next heads to the desk of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who slammed the legislation and other election-related measures that state Republicans have pushed.
“[Using] the Big Lie of election fraud, this same legislature wants to
