'Attendance matters.' How NC House rules change may make it easier to bypass Cooper
This legislative session, what becomes law and what doesn’t is all about who shows up.
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When someone’s not in the room, the math changes for the three-fifths supermajority needed to override vetoes from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. Of the 120 House members, 71 are Republican, one short of three-fifths.
House members may be absent for a variety of reasons, including health, family and work. Under new rules, the House doesn’t have to give notice on its calendar of potential veto override votes, WRAL-TV first reported.
In previous years, notice has been required — although that didn’t mean a vote happened immediately. Instead, potential votes were placed on the calendar. In 2019, potential override votes for an abortion bill and the state budget languished on the calendar for several weeks until House Speaker Tim Moore decided to call the vote.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/attendance-matters-change-nc-house-001003163.html