Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed SB 382, the so-called Disaster Relief Bill that includes a number of measures stripping incoming Democrats of power.

Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would shift power away from incoming Governor Josh Stein and other newly elected Democrats.

Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the bill marks his 12th this year, and lawmakers have overridden all 11 previous vetoes.

The North Carolina General Assembly overturned one veto of a wide-ranging, contentious bill this week. Another one waits on Cooper’s desk.

The legislation would notably revoke the authority of the governor's successor to appoint members to the state elections board.

If North Carolina Republican legislative leaders were hoping to prevent a gubernatorial veto of their ambitious 131-page proposal to reorganize several aspects of state government and take away the powers of statewide offices soon to be filled by Democrats by attaching changes to Hurricane Helene relief legislation,

A bill promising hurricane relief and changes to powers held by state officials was rejected by North Carolina’s governor on Tuesday. Roy Cooper called Senate Bill 382 a “sham.” The legislation was passed by lawmakers in Raleigh last week.