The Republican majority in the NC legislature knew they never had the votes needed to override the Governor's Veto. Why then bring it to the floor at all?
The practice of correcting a vote cast after the official record has to be applied uniformly or not at all. Changing a cast vote 'at will' whenever it is convenient is unconstitutional. If North Carolina allows for mistakes to be corrected in a vote count within its state constitution or legislative governing rules, it is not a matter of convenience. It applies or it doesn't. I could not imagine this level of corruption even in the best fiction novel. Government is not a matter of convenience, it is a public trust of the people. That is something North Carolina Republicans just doesn't understand.
This bill was railroaded through the North Carolina State Legislature. The people don't want it. This is the knee deep corruption of the Republican Legislature. They know they might not be back come November for the bizarre legislation they carried out over the past two years.
A prime example of the depth of the Republican corruption is Amendment One. The faithful of North Carolina did not know exactly what they were voting for.
But, in the case of State Representative Carney she stated she was tired because they worked so late. She never misrepresented herself in regard to her intent previous to the vote.
I want to know when the last time the electronic vote recording system was tested for accuracy. I want to know if the electronic system was tampered with. I wouldn't put anything past the petroleum industry. Knowing Rep. Carney was the decisive vote to defeat the veto, knowing the entire process was railroaded through the State Legislature this session and knowing how this Republican Legislature does not care about the well being of the people of North Carolina; I demand an investigation by the FBI. The SBI isn't good enough. There is something very wrong here and I want to know exactly what happened with the vote which was suppose to protect the citizens from this draconian form of drilling.
Rep. Carney has stated she was tired and she can't really state for sure she actually cast an incorrect vote. I want to know if her vote was tampered with.
The FBI has to investigate because the corruption is so deep in that state there is no justice for the citizens. I have no doubt there will be lawsuits filed against this injustice, but, it is a known fact those lawsuits won't find justice until it reaches the Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Courthouse; home of the Fourth Federal Circuit. That is the truth. There is no justice in North Carolina.
