Republicans in this state couldn’t care less about free and fair elections

While their upper senator, the Republican Thom Tillis, displays a decency withdraw from Congress Instead of voting for Trump’s tax bill which flies to the poor and gives the rich, the Republicans of the North Carolina State do not have such a character. Instead, they continue their efforts to politicize elections in the state.
Their last movement? A house bill that would replace More than a third party Current jobs in state elections with people appointed politicians.
The new director of state elections, Sam Hayes, had a very Trump-ish explanation to explain why he needs to eliminate the experienced non-partisan staff, NC Newsline reported: “These positions would simply authorize me the flexibility that I need to lead this reorganization and make sure that the people who set me out, certainly my direct reports and me, are aligned on the vision of the agency.”
It’s just code for “I want a bunch of stooges that will help continue the GOP project to undermine the elections in the state.” But in one way or another, according to Hayes, it will also be non -partisan. Yes, replacing non -partisan staff with political nominees is indeed completely non -partisan. It is not surprising that Hayes only knows how to function as a hardcore supporter, because his previous concert was as advice from the president of the GOP chamber.
Hayes obtained the concert after the State Elections Council ousted its director In May, what the Council was able to do thanks to the Republicans who adopted a law which stripped the Governor then Governor, the Democrat Roy Cooper, of his power to appoint members of the Board of Directors. Instead, the Legislative Assembly gave power To the state auditor, the Republican Dave Boliek. The Republicans had to dig deeply to find an elected representative on the scale of the state which was not a democrat – therefore Boliek.
State auditors supervise accounting and financial functions and often have a role of guard dog in relation to other state agencies. You will notice that none of this has nothing to do with the elections. Boliek also has no training in elections administration, but what he has of the war references for conservative culture. Her electoral page The boosted of the way he “led the fight to UNC to eliminate diversity and equity policies” and brought “ideological balance to the notoriously liberal campus”.

Boliek used his new power to install a majority of the GOP in the State Electoral Council and quickly appointed Conservative conspiracy theorists. Boliek also obtained the power to appoint electoral officials For the 100 County Northern County Electoral Board, giving the GOP a majority 3-2 on each board of directors. So non -partisan!
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court of the State, which also has a supermajority of the GOP, Injured this change of law Even after a lower court found it unconstitutional. This same supermajority of the GOP also blessed the efforts of the candidate of the Supreme Court of the State Jefferson Griffin His quest To reverse his loss against Allison Riggs. Griffin’s GOP PALS on the State Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of the State ruled in favor From his disadvantaged request to throw more than 68,000 votes legally expressed. Griffin fell only after a federal judge, a Trump candidate, interrupted his challenge.
North Carolina Republicans really believe that Democrats should have no role in the elections, even if their governor, Josh Stein, is a democrat. And since they cannot win the governor’s race, they had to resort to this kind of shenanigans to upset the entire structure of the elections in the state. It is not democracy, and it is certainly not no partisan.
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