Reuters reports that the NC Democratic Governor Beverly Perdue vetoes the voter ID bill.
Key paragraphs:
Republican-controlled legislatures around the
county have cited fraud as they push for voter ID bills. Fourteen states
now ask voters to show photo identification at the polls or have passed
laws to do so, according to the National Conference of State
Legislatures.
North Carolina is the fourth state where a Republicans
Democratic governor vetoed a voter photo ID bill this year, said Keesha
Gaskins, senior counsel for the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center
for Justice in New York. Vetoes were upheld in Minnesota and Montana,
and a veto is pending in Missouri.
in North Carolina enjoy a veto-proof majority in the state Senate, but
will need the help of several Democrats in the House to reach the
three-fifths super majority required to override a veto.