Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation senior vice president, discusses Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a voter ID bill and his threatened veto of a bill re-establishing a state elections board. Gray offered these comments during the Dec. 19, 2018, edition of Spectrum News’ “Capital Tonight.”
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