Catch this crap.
Those goddamn republicans did it again!!!
They are a disgraceful lot. No wonder they don't want more people voting (via mail)...
If Burr resigned, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper would pick his replacement. But unlike many states, where the governor is free to choose whomever they want to fill the vacancy, Cooper would be forced to pick a Republican.
That's because in 2018, the state's GOP-controlled legislature changed the law to tie Cooper's hand.
According to the law:
The governor shall appoint from a list of three persons recommended by the state executive committee of the political party with which the vacating member was affiliated when elected if that party executive committee makes recommendations within 30 days of the occurrence of the vacancy.
That means that Cooper would be given a list of three Republicans to choose from.
The law change was one of a handful of ways the state's Republican Legislature tried to strip Cooper of power after he won in 2016.
Among other things, the Legislature weakened Cooper's control of state elections, including trying to ensure that Republicans would chair state elections boards in every election year. That law in particular was ruled unconstitutional.
http://americanindependent.com/richard-burr-stock-trades-coronavirus-north-carolina-gop-senate/
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