North Carolina Passes 3 Anti-Trans Laws In One Day, Overriding Vetoes (www.erininthemorning.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4580386

From the article, my emphasis added:

"Bills targeting the LGBTQ+ community remained stagnant for the initial months of North Carolina's legislative cycle. However, the landscape shifted when Democratic Representative Tricia Cotham, elected from a district which voted for her,** a Democrat, by +19points, switched to the Republican party**. This gave the GOP the crucial 72 votes required to override a governor's veto. Subsequently, these bills were promptly slated for hearings and aggressively advanced by the state's Republican leadership."

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[-] AttackPanda@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

That is bullshit that a candidate can switch parties without triggering a new election for the seat.

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