North Carolina governor vetoes photo ID bill

[December 15, 2018]    (Reuters) - North Carolina Democratic Governor Roy Cooper on Friday vetoed a Republican-authored bill requiring voters to present photo identification, saying it would disenfranchise poor, minority and elderly voters.

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper speaks at the Center for American Progress Ideas Conference at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, D.C., U.S. May 16, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

Republicans have a large enough majority in the state legislature to override Cooper's veto until January, when several Democrats who won seats in November will take office.

(Reporting by Joseph Ax; editing by Chris Reese)

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