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NC Republican Power Grab (1 Viewer)

whoknew

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North Carolina is like the new Florida. First the governor wouldn't accept that he lost. Now this:

A Coup? A Power Grab? North Carolina Republicans Look to Weaken New Governor

In the waning hours of Republicans' hold on government in North Carolina, they are proposing bills aimed at significantly curbing Democratic Gov.-elect Roy Cooper's power. In a last-last-minute special session, Republicans introduced a series of bills late Wednesday that would:



 



- Require the governor's Cabinet appointments to be approved by the state Senate

- Limit the number of members the governor can appoint to powerful board of trustees at the University of North Carolina school system and the state Board of Education.

- Significantly cut the number of positions who work directly for the governor, from 1,500 (a number Republicans approved when they had a Republican governor) to 300.

- Divide members of the Board of Elections, typically appointed by the governor, between parties in a way that gives Republicans control during election years.

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And North Carolina Democratic Party spokesperson Jamal Little's statement is worth including in full for its fieriness:

"This is an unprecedented, shameful and cowardly power grab from Republicans. After losing the Governor's office, the GOP-controlled General Assembly is attempting to hold on to the power that voters took away from them. Make no mistake, the legislation we are seeing today are attempts from Republicans to usurp power from Governor-elect Roy Cooper after losing the election. Republicans should be ashamed of these unprecedented power grabs that have no place in our democracy."

 
whoknew said:
North Carolina is like the new Florida. First the governor wouldn't accept that he lost. Now this:
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When the BoE mysteriously and magically finds 90k ballots at the last minute - all for the Democratic challenger one could be forgiven for being just a tad suspicious.

To recap, a Democrat-funded PAC called Bladen County Improvement Association PAC was found to have milled out hundreds of absentee ballots that were witnessed and signed by the same people.
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http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2016/12/how-democracy-dies

However, as it drew to a close on Wednesday, Republican leaders called another special session—with the explicit aim of curbing the authority of both Cooper and the court. They promptly put forth a series of dramatic alterations to the government’s structure, including proposals to:

Overhaul county election boards to prevent Democratic control. Current law states that each county election board must be made up of three members: two of which should come from the governor’s party. The new proposal would give each election board four members—two Democrats and two Republicans—to prevent Democrats from taking control of the boards.

Overhaul the State Board of Elections by merging it with the State Ethics Commission and increasing its size. Right now, the law states that the election board must have five members, with three from the governor’s party. The new law would give it eight members—four Democrats and four Republicans—to forestall a Democratic advantage when Cooper takes office.

Allow a Democrat to chair the State Board of Elections in odd-numbered years—when there are typically no elections—and allow a Republican to chair the board in even-numbered years—when state and federal elections are normally held.

Make Supreme Court elections partisan and introduce party primaries. Republicans believe they lost the 2016 Supreme Court election because the candidates lacked a partisan identification.

Completely change the appeals process in order to limit the state Supreme Court’s authority. When Republicans took power, they provided citizens with the right to appeal constitutional challenges from superior court directly to the state Supreme Court. The new measure would remove this right, requiring constitutional challenges to be heard by all 15 judges of the court of appeals—which is dominated by Republicans—before reaching the state Supreme Court.

Allow McCrory to pick the Industrial Commission chairman, who will service for the next four years. Under current law, Cooper should have the opportunity to fill this position.

Reduce the number of state employees who serve at the pleasure of the governor. When McCrory took office, Republicans increased this number from 500 to 1,500. They now propose reducing it to 300.

Remove Cooper’s ability to appoint trustees to run campuses in the University of North Carolina system—and transfer that power to the state legislature.

Require Senate confirmation of Cooper’s Cabinet appointments. McCrory’s appointments did not require Senate approval.

Confirm McCrory’s closest ally, state budget director Andrew Heath, to a superior court judgeship.

Abolish car-emissions testing in many counties; eliminate some state environmental reports; and remove scientists from certain state boards tasked with protecting public health, replacing them with industry representatives.

These proposals are not merely designed to negate the will of the voters in this election. They are also intended to maintain Republican-sponsored voter suppression, thereby preventing Democrats from ever regaining control of the North Carolina government. North Carolina Republicans have long strived to prevent black citizens from voting; after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013, they requested data on voting preferences by race, then passed an omnibus voter suppression that, as one federal appeals court put it, seemed to “target African Americans with almost surgical precision.”

 
Tom Servo said:
:rolleyes:  Link?
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http://dconc.gov/government/departments-a-e/board-of-elections/board-of-elections-meetings-staff-directions-links/board-of-election-members

http://www.johnstonnc.com/joconcelections/econtent.cfm?page_desc=about#boe

Not going through all the counties but the party in power gets 2.

http://www.chathamnc.org/government/departments-programs/board-of-elections/board-of-elections-members-meetings

Here, now leave.

The Chatham County Board of Elections is a three-member board appointed by the State Board of Elections.  The majority of members are the same party as the Governor.  The current board is appointed until July 2017.

 
Slapdash said:
I wish I could say this is out of character for the NC GOP
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They are weasels munching on their sour grapes. The HB2 Bill they created help put a dagger in their boy McCrory, and now that he has lost re-election, they want to strip Cooper of a lot of his power. This GOP group is the sleaziest I have ever seen in all my years in NC.

 
FatUncleJerryBuss said:
http://dconc.gov/government/departments-a-e/board-of-elections/board-of-elections-meetings-staff-directions-links/board-of-election-members

http://www.johnstonnc.com/joconcelections/econtent.cfm?page_desc=about#boe

Not going through all the counties but the party in power gets 2.

http://www.chathamnc.org/government/departments-programs/board-of-elections/board-of-elections-members-meetings

Here, now leave.

The Chatham County Board of Elections is a three-member board appointed by the State Board of Elections.  The majority of members are the same party as the Governor.  The current board is appointed until July 2017.
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oof :lmao:

 
whoknew said:
"This is an unprecedented, shameful and cowardly power grab from Republicans. After losing the Governor's office, the GOP-controlled General Assembly is attempting to hold on to the power that voters took away from them. Make no mistake, the legislation we are seeing today are attempts from Republicans to usurp power from Governor-elect Roy Cooper after losing the election. Republicans should be ashamed of these unprecedented power grabs that have no place in our democracy."
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This doesn't appear to be quite true.  Voters evidently took the governorship away from Republicans.  If the electorate wanted to have Democrats control law creation they should have also voted in enough Democrats to control the General Assembly.  

 
Sand said:
This doesn't appear to be quite true.  Voters evidently took the governorship away from Republicans.  If the electorate wanted to have Democrats control law creation they should have also voted in enough Democrats to control the General Assembly.  
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The state has already been so gerrymandered they have it locked down. All part of the plan. 

 
Sand said:
This doesn't appear to be quite true.  Voters evidently took the governorship away from Republicans.  If the electorate wanted to have Democrats control law creation they should have also voted in enough Democrats to control the General Assembly.  
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Maybe you'd have an argument if the new General Assembly was passing these laws in a normal session

 
Slapdash said:
Maybe you'd have an argument if the new General Assembly was passing these laws in a normal session
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If Democrats currently or were to soon control the GA Republicans wouldn't be able to pull this stunt.  Just pointing out the obvious.

 
I called my state senator to voice my opposition to this power grab.  It is embarrassing the complete disregard the GA has for the people of NC.  Similar to HB2 they are afraid of inviting inspection and discussion into their laws so they pass them at the last minute and then flea the Capital.  Bunch of spineless bastards. 

 
Sand said:
Slapdash said:
Maybe you'd have an argument if the new General Assembly was passing these laws in a normal session
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If Democrats currently or were to soon control the GA Republicans wouldn't be able to pull this stunt.  Just pointing out the obvious.
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Sure they would.  Shifting power from Governor to Lt. Governor would still be a "win" for them.  Proposals around packing the NC court are similar.

 
Worst part, the Governorship of NC is one of the least powerful jobs in the country, as I recall. He can't introduce legislation or veto, right? I haven't lived there in almost 25 years. My memory is fuzzy.

 
In before the lockdown happens here too.

Nice talking politics with you kids. Guess I will be posting in the Shark Pool and AC forums from this point on if indeed political discussion threads are eliminated.

 
squistion said:
In before the lockdown happens here too.

Nice talking politics with you kids. Guess I will be posting in the Shark Pool and AC forums from this point on if indeed political discussion threads are eliminated.
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Soooo much traffic in the Shark Pool these days :(  

 
Really shows the power vacuum at the national level for Democrats when a huge spotlight isn't on this right now. 

 
joffer said:
I'm sure the left would do the same thing

/max
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Except they never have, to my memory, done anything close to this - where a Republican was elected governor and the Democrats of that state then held a special session to strip him of his power. If you can provide a link that Democrats have done anything like this stunt, I would like to see it.

 
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