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Chemerinsky, a constitutional scholar, believes the reform could be passed by Congress without amending the Constitution.

The bill passed both houses and faces a likely veto by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.

However, lawmakers passed a new voter ID law a few years ago.

Republicans passed the lame-duck power grab just weeks before they will lose their veto-proof supermajority.

Republican legislators in the past decade have passed several bills to change how the elections board is appointed, but all of them were struck down as unconstitutional.