North Carolina undertook a veto override session to pass a gender-affirming care ban, a don't say gay or trans bill, and a sports ban for trans youth all in a single day.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4580386

From the article, my emphasis added:

“Bills targeting the LGBTQ+ community remained stagnant for the initial months of North Carolina’s legislative cycle. However, the landscape shifted when Democratic Representative Tricia Cotham, elected from a district which voted for her,** a Democrat, by +19points, switched to the Republican party**. This gave the GOP the crucial 72 votes required to override a governor’s veto. Subsequently, these bills were promptly slated for hearings and aggressively advanced by the state’s Republican leadership.”

  • @AttackPandaEnglish
    6•11 months ago

    That is bullshit that a candidate can switch parties without triggering a new election for the seat.