Tuesday Wrap: It's raining amendments

Marsy's Law, which would expand the rights of crime victims, cleared the Senate late Monday and the House on Tuesday afternoon to join the right to fish and hunt as potential amendments voters will consider.

Meanwhile, the House gave final approval Tuesday to amendments that would require voters to show photo identification at the polls and would put state lawmakers in charge of naming people to the State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement and other state boards and commissions. That latter amendment follows three lawsuits by Gov. Roy Cooper challenging legislative overhauls of the election board's operations.

The Senate has passed proposed amendments that would cap the corporate and personal income tax rate and create a system for filling judicial vacancies between elections, a job currently handled by the governor.

The Senate on Tuesday also easily overrode two of the seven vetoes issued late Monday, and both measures now head to the House. One bill would change the schedule for early voting, while the annual Farm Act includes a controversial provision insulating hog farms operators from lawsuits filed by neighbors over odors, insects and other nuisances.