Sat Nov 6, 2021, 11:08 PM
ColinC (5,466 posts)
NC Senate: Tillis faces FEC accusations of illegal contributions, and Burr insider trading
North Carolina has a Democratic Governor, but North Carolina requires the governor appoint somebody of the same party that vacates the seat. If these Senators happened to resign in the relatively near future, will he appoint a couple RINOs? Would he simply not appoint anybody?
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ColinC | Nov 2021 | OP |
FBaggins | Nov 2021 | #1 | |
ColinC | Nov 2021 | #4 | |
ColinC | Nov 2021 | #5 | |
CanonRay | Nov 2021 | #2 | |
Sneederbunk | Nov 2021 | #3 |
Response to ColinC (Original post)
Sat Nov 6, 2021, 11:19 PM
FBaggins (24,577 posts)
1. Republicans immunized themselves against this
The governor is not just required (in a pretty short time) to appoint someone of the same party… he has to get a list of three candidates from that party to pick from
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Response to FBaggins (Reply #1)
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 01:49 AM
ColinC (5,466 posts)
4. I understand that to be the case in KY, but I can't find anything for NC
Do you have an article detailing the process for NC US Senate vacancies? All I could find was what was on ballotpedia, which was quite brief...
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Response to FBaggins (Reply #1)
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 03:46 AM
ColinC (5,466 posts)
5. NVM finally found it
Response to ColinC (Original post)
Sat Nov 6, 2021, 11:39 PM
CanonRay (12,461 posts)
2. Blah, blah,blah
The DOJ never indicts any of them
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Response to ColinC (Original post)
Sat Nov 6, 2021, 11:45 PM
Sneederbunk (10,972 posts)
3. Governor should switch parties and appoint himself.
Then switch back. This is something the Repugs would do.
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