The outgoing Republican governor of North Carolina signed a measure into law Friday designed to limit the power of incoming Democratic governor Roy Cooper.

Gov. Pat McCrory’s move will combine the State Board of Elections and State Ethics Commission into one that it equally made up of Republicans and Democrats. The strategy will disable Cooper from beefing up either board with Democrats.

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