North Carolina state legislators who change party registrations midterm could be subject to an early election to keep the seat, according to a bill filed Tuesday by Senate Democrats in response to Rep. Tricia Cotham's switch to the GOP two months ago.
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina state legislators who change party registrations midterm could be subject to an early election to keep the seat, according to a bill filed Tuesday by Senate Democrats in response to Rep.The measure would be prospective and wouldn’t apply to Cotham, whose move gave Republicans a veto-proof majority in both General Assembly chambers. It likely won’t get traction in the GOP-controlled Legislature.
Her change angered Democrats both in Raleigh and in her Mecklenburg County district where she won last fall by over 18 percentage points. Critics say those who voted for her are being robbed of representation. Speakers at a Tuesday news conference about the bill includedThe measure says that when an elected or appointed General Assembly member switches party registration with more than six months remaining on their term, the seat would be declared vacant.
“You can’t completely switch teams, put on the other jersey and start scoring goals for the opposite team and have no recourse whatsoever from voters,” Sen. Natasha Marcus, a Mecklenburg County Democrat and bill co-sponsor, told reporters. “So it’s time we made this change.” Party switches are uncommon. Rep. Bill Brisson of Duplin County switched from the Democrats to the Republicans in 2017.
Another bill sponsor, Sen. Michael Garrett of Guilford County, said he didn’t expect the measure to advance anytime soon “because it’s a little too close to the incident in Mecklenburg County.” But he said the proposal is “good government. It is about restoring voters’ confidence.”‘s race last November by identifying the exact number of votes cast in her election.
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