NC Superintendent of Schools
Well, they're still arguing. Newer readers of my blog may not realize that the absolutely last election settled in America (for the 2004 elections) was only recently determined here in North Carolina by using laws passed after the election, and by the NC legislature completely ignoring a ruling and determination of fact by the North Carolina Supreme Court.
North Carolina is now the only state I know of in which there is officially, according to law, no such thing as democracy. You see, according to a law passed by the Democrats of North Carolina, the legislature can quite literally override ANY election result that is "contested" with a simple majority vote. So yes, if North Carolina elects a Republican governor (hey, it could happen) with 75% of the people, the legislature could actually determine the Democrat candidate to be the winner. Seriously! In the Superintendent of Public Instruction race, the courts CONTINUE to hear the case. The legislature already ruled that it didn't matter who won, nor how many votes were cast for each candidate, they wanted the Democrat to be declared the winner. However, the Republican candidate, Bill Fletcher, is asking the courts whether that law the legislature passed is constitutional. The Democrat in the race asked the courts to dismiss his complaints (and the case), because she is already seated. In other words, in the minds of the Democrats, it does not matter if the law is constitutional, they have already decided. It does sound sad, but it seems more and more that there honestly is no reason to actually go vote in North Carolina anymore. If you're Libertarian, you're no longer allowed to even be a candidate. If you're Republican, your vote will be overturned by the legislature. I wonder if it's time to give up and join the leech-sucking Democrats and just get my share of everyone else's money.
Comments
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Just to let you know, it isn't just North Carolina where democrats, and politicians of all flavors are corrupt.
Posted by: Jay at September 08, 2005 07:14 AM (BKqRl)
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Maybe -- but I'm sure they can give ANY corrupt political system a run for their money.
Posted by: Ogre at September 08, 2005 07:28 AM (/k+l4)
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