Bill Goebel, who has the seat, and Michael Logan, who thinks he should, both say they will continue at the next board meeting on Sept. 19. This could become a constitutional argument.
Ohio voters rejected a ballot initiative on Tuesday to increase to 60% the percentage of votes required to adopt constitutional amendments. That's because Ohio has a citizen-initiated process for putting amendments on the ballot. The rules are different in North Carolina and most other states.
Hardister, a candidate for Labor commissioner, introduces House Bill 614 to start the process for an amendment to be placed on the ballot in 2024. NC already has a right-to-work statute.
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POLICE BODY-CAM AND DASHBOARD VIDEOS SHOULD BE PUBLIC RECORD: Backers of the current law contend it might only need a tweak or that, as original law sponsor John Faircloth, R-Guilford County,, said it “only needs to be applied properly.” This law was faulty at its conception regardless of how many legislators voted for it or how much “bipartisan” support it had. The public’s business should be public. If there’s a reason to keep it secret, law enforcement can go to court to keep it under wraps. But the initial assumption should always be, that when the government collects information, it is public and up to the government to show why citizens don’t need to have access. The too tense situation in Elizabeth City more than amply demonstrates the 2016 law was misguided. Laws should promote domestic tranquility and this needs to be fixed before it contributes to even more unnecessary tensions.