Comments on: Troubling things about amending the state constitution http://lockerroom.johnlocke.org/2012/05/08/troubling-things-about-amending-the-state-constitution/ The John Locke Foundation’s Statewide Issues Blog Fri, 17 May 2013 15:05:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mitch Kokai http://lockerroom.johnlocke.org/2012/05/08/troubling-things-about-amending-the-state-constitution/#comment-306 Mitch Kokai Wed, 09 May 2012 01:17:12 +0000 http://lockerroom.johnlocke.org/?p=18110#comment-306 It’s worth noting that the Republicans pushing this amendment did not want to place it on the primary ballot. They wanted the amendment placed on the general election ballot.

The only way N.C. House Republicans could get the requisite Democratic support to move the amendment forward was to agree to put the measure on the primary ballot.

This fact, of course, does not refute Jon’s point. By his reasoning, amendment supporters should not have agreed to the compromise. They should have waited until they could get enough votes to put the measure on a general election ballot.

But this information does refute the notion of “theocratic thugs” using “dirty tricks.” Republican amendment supporters pushed for a November vote. When that above-board, public effort fell short, they accepted a May vote as a compromise.

]]> By: Skydaver http://lockerroom.johnlocke.org/2012/05/08/troubling-things-about-amending-the-state-constitution/#comment-305 Skydaver Wed, 09 May 2012 01:04:30 +0000 http://lockerroom.johnlocke.org/?p=18110#comment-305 The theocratic thugs that got this amendment onto the ballot used all the dirty tricks available to them, specifically putting it on a primary rather than a general election. They call themselves christian, but their actions could not be further from the teachings of Jesus.

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