Breaking: Pat McCrory Signals He Will Sign Bills Usurping Authority From His Democratic Successor by Signing SB4
Lawmakers Working Overtime to Strip New Governor of Power Because He’s a Democrat
North Carolina outgoing Governor Pat McCrory has just signed a bill rammed through both the House and the Senate designed to protect the Republican Party’s power. SB4 is “a complex, four-part, 25-page document that was introduced late Wednesday during the General Assembly’s fourth special session of the year,” NC Policy Watch’s Progressive Pulse reports.
.@NCHouseSpeaker says @PatMcCroryNC has signed SB4, the ethics/lobbying/elex bill. #ncga #ncpol
— Craig Jarvis (@CraigJ_NandO) December 16, 2016
The bill, which will now become law, creates “a new, bipartisan agency: the Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement that consolidates elections, campaign finance, lobbying and ethics.” It creates partisan elections for the state Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, making North Carolina one of the few states to ever return to partisan elections for court systems. It also allows Gov. McCrory “to fill a vacancy on the Industrial Commission,” Progressive Pulse notes.
In case you were wondering if @PatMcCroryNC is going to sign stuff from special session, the answer is yes. And quickly. #ncpol #ncga https://t.co/B3YskPtxZK
— Colin Campbell (@RaleighReporter) December 16, 2016
By signing SB4 barely before the ink has dried, Gov. McCrory has signaled he will sign the other bills Republican lawmakers are jamming through the legislature. Lawmakers in the House have already announced they will return Saturday. The special session costs taxpayers $42,000 per day.
McCrory has ALREADY signed SB4. The chain of corruption goes all the way up to the Governor’s office. #NCGA
— NARAL Pro-Choice NC (@NARALNC) December 16, 2016
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