Monday Wrap: Charter school veto, budget impasse and voting machines

Cooper vetoed legislation dealing with charter schools because one provision would lift the enrollment cap on the state's two virtual charter schools. The governor said that decision should be left in the hands of the State Board of Education.

The governor also signed a bill giving distilleries in the state the same on-site serving privileges as wineries and craft breweries and cuts regulation on their out-of-state sales.

One of his previous vetoes this year was on the $24 billion state budget, which was supposed to go into effect July 1. Four weeks later, there's still no movement between Cooper's administration and Republican legislative leaders to resolve the impasse.

Last week's resignation of Rep. Cody Henson, R-Transylvania, following a cyberstalking conviction leaves House Republicans another vote short in their effort to override Cooper's budget veto. But GOP leaders in that area are trying to fill the seat as quickly as possible.

Also Monday, the State Board of Elections again delayed certifying voting machines for the 2020 elections amid a push to require a readable paper trail for ballots.

Meanwhile, the two-week trial over whether legislative districts were illegally drawn in 2017 to favor Republicans wrapped up on Friday. A decision isn't expected for weeks, and it will likely appealed to the state Supreme Court.