North Carolina's current governor and his successor tacked on another lawsuit Monday disputing a key provision within a GOP law that erodes the powers of several incoming Democratic state leaders — the latest in a longstanding power struggle between North Carolina's executive and legislative branches over who controls the state's elections.

North Carolina Democrats called a GOP-backed law shifting election board control to a Republican auditor unconstitutional in a lawsuit to block it.

The incoming and outgoing governors filed their second legal challenge over legislation that removes the governor’s ability to appoint people to the State Board of Elections.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and Gov.-elect Josh Stein have challenged a portion of a law just enacted by the Republican-dominated General Assembly that erodes Stein’s powers and those of other top Democrats elected last month.

In North Carolina, the Republican held state legislature passed sweeping bills limiting the abilities of many Democratic elected officials due to take office next year. North Carolina Democratic Party State Chair,

One day after Republicans passed a fiercely opposed bill targeting responsibilities of incoming Democratic leaders, the incoming and outgoing governors sued over changes emancipating the state highway patrol.