Former President Donald Trump, who spent months campaigning and handing out mail-in ballots on social media, blamed President B Biden for losing the bid for a second term. Trump and his allies have falsely accused the election of being stolen from them and millions of illegal votes, including Georgia, put Biden on top.
After dozens of legal challenges were rejected by state election officials and courts, Republicans quickly focused on reviving state voting laws on the basis of promoting trust and integrity in elections that Democrats believe target members of their political base.
“The good thing about having enough Democrats to maintain a veto in my state legislature is that we can block some of those things.” “It’s falling on those states in order to fight.”
Cooper, who won the 2020 election with less than two percentage points to Trump, said the GOP’s efforts highlighted the need for Democrats to play crime in 2022 and increase the number of governors’ mansions across the country.
Still, Cooper said he hopes to work with Republicans in both houses of the North Carolina General Assembly on issues such as education, health care and clean energy investment.
“This is a moment that we should all hold together,” he said.
Other governors are more receptive to changes in voting law. Republican, Arkansas Govt. The bill was recently signed by Asa Hutchinson, in which people sign affidavits to confirm their identities if they do not show up to vote with a valid form of ID, tightening the constitutional amendment approved by voters. 2018.
“The goal is not to suppress the vote, but to secure the vote,” he said during the Politico event.
He added that if people have evidence that people have difficulty accessing the identities needed to vote, it will support efforts to remove that barrier.
“I’m all about our voter registration, the expansion of our voter participation. And we want to make sure we don’t impose unreasonable burdens. I hope this doesn’t make it.”
