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https://democracync.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Untitled-design-49.png1120640The N.C. Supreme Court on Friday struck down a law passed by the GOP-led N.C. General Assembly that would have stripped elections powers from the North Carolina governor and manipulated the makeup of the state and local boards of elections to give Republican control over decision-making.