After amendment ruling, N Carolina GOP plans special session

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Stymied by a court that ruled their ballot questions misleading, North Carolina Republican lawmakers agreed to hold a special session to replace two proposed constitutional amendments that, if approved by voters, would shift key executive powers to the legislature.

House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger laid out a schedule Thursday whereby the General Assembly is called in to begin Friday morning. The House would vote Friday on two new amendments, followed by the Senate on Monday.

The special session is in response to a ruling by a panel of state judges Tuesday that found questions for two of the six amendments don't fairly and impartially describe the proposed alterations facing voters.