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Voters in some parts of the country are discovering that having their say at the ballot box is not necessarily the final word, even though this year's election was over a month ago.

Democrats鈥� efforts to break the Republican veto-proof majority in the legislature appear to have yielded one additional seat.

State lawmakers are scheduled to return to Raleigh next week, and Democrats say they鈥檙e concerned the session will include new funding for private school vouchers.

Rep. Jason Saine, R-Lincoln, told 吉彩网网站 Monday that he's leaving the legislature to pursue new opportunities. He said he would release more specifics later Monday.

North Carolina trial judges have dismissed a lawsuit challenging redrawn legislative and congressional district lines on the argument that they run afoul of an indirect constitutional right to "fair elections." The judges wrote this week that a recent affirmation by the state Supreme Court that redistricting policy decisions are left to the General Assembly still applies.

The legislature adjourned its 鈥渟hort session鈥� Thursday without approving a budget plan for the state鈥檚 billion-dollar revenue surplus.

Dozens of bills are moving at the N.C. legislature on Wednesday, as lawmakers consider putting constitutional amendments on the ballot in November, overriding Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes and other matters before taking a summer break.

The Senate has already passed a bill to allow medical marijuana, but House Speaker Tim Moore has refused to put the legislation up for a vote. The House does want to pass new regulations for products already on the market in North Carolina that contain THC.

Republican leaders in the House and Senate have been negotiating for weeks over how to spend a projected surplus of roughly $1 billion. But the two chambers haven't reached an agreement, so the House plans to vote on its own spending plan this week.

North Carolina Democrats are making a big push this year to win back rural counties that have flipped to Republicans in recent elections.