Oh, Frack!!

Jason P

N.C. Lawmaker Fracks Up Her Vote

A veto by North Carolina's Democratic governor was overridden Monday night because a Democrat in the state House cast the deciding vote, by accident.

The lawmaker, Becky Carney, accidentally pushed a green button at her desk voting for the override, instead of a different button. Under state rules, legislators can change their votes if they make a mistake, but only if the changed vote wouldn't affect the result.

In Carney's case, she was the 72nd person to vote for the override, the exact number needed to do so.

Just after the vote, Carney's voice could be heard on her microphone, saying, "Oh, my gosh. I pushed green."
Because of Carney's blunder, a fracking bill that Gov. Beverly Perdue had vetoed is now law.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DdeLUA0Fms

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gimmesometruth27

Jason P wrote:

N.C. Lawmaker Fracks Up Her Vote

A veto by North Carolina's Democratic governor was overridden Monday night because a Democrat in the state House cast the deciding vote, by accident.

The lawmaker, Becky Carney, accidentally pushed a green button at her desk voting for the override, instead of a different button. Under state rules, legislators can change their votes if they make a mistake, but only if the changed vote wouldn't affect the result.

In Carney's case, she was the 72nd person to vote for the override, the exact number needed to do so.

Just after the vote, Carney's voice could be heard on her microphone, saying, "Oh, my gosh. I pushed green."
Because of Carney's blunder, a fracking bill that Gov. Beverly Perdue had vetoed is now law.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DdeLUA0Fms

is there a penalty for this??

a state censured a woman representative for saying "vagina", which is clearly worse than pushing the wrong button,, right??

Jason P

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

is there a penalty for this??

Yup. You get taken out in the next primary for incompetence.

If I was her opponent, I would drive home my advanced skills in button-pushing to the voting public.

BinauralJam

So gay people can get married now in N.C.?

PJ_Soul

What was the vote on?

gimmesometruth27

PJ_Soul wrote:

What was the vote on?

it was on fracking. the governor vetoed a bill making it legal and the stupid person who messed up the vote cast the deciding vote to override the veto...

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PJ_Soul

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

PJ_Soul wrote:

What was the vote on?

it was on fracking. the governor vetoed a bill making it legal and the stupid person who messed up the vote cast the deciding vote to override the veto...

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Oh, okay... I don't know what fracking is. I thought it was your polite way to say fucking!
Now I'm gathering that it's some shitty way to mine stuff?

gimmesometruth27

PJ_Soul wrote:

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

PJ_Soul wrote:

What was the vote on?

it was on fracking. the governor vetoed a bill making it legal and the stupid person who messed up the vote cast the deciding vote to override the veto...

:fp:

Oh, okay... I don't know what fracking is. I thought it was your polite way to say fucking!
Now I'm gathering that it's some shitty way to mine stuff?

it is a way of drilling for natural gas that is very bad for the groundwater and the environment. people have water in their wells that as a result of fracking is now flammable. on 60 minutes last year a guy pulled water out of his well or from his faucet (i forgot which) and struck a match and lit it on fire. crazy stuff...

PJ_Soul

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

PJ_Soul wrote:

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

it was on fracking. the governor vetoed a bill making it legal and the stupid person who messed up the vote cast the deciding vote to override the veto...

:fp:

Oh, okay... I don't know what fracking is. I thought it was your polite way to say fucking!
Now I'm gathering that it's some shitty way to mine stuff?

it is a way of drilling for natural gas that is very bad for the groundwater and the environment. people have water in their wells that as a result of fracking is now flammable. on 60 minutes last year a guy pulled water out of his well or from his faucet (i forgot which) and struck a match and lit it on fire. crazy stuff...

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You'd think that all the suing going on by the citizens would make legislation against it unnecessary... wtf.

peacefrompaul

Oh my GOODNESS :roll: :fp:

brianlux

Fracking allowed by a missed button push? Times like this it's hard not to think, "Man, oh man, we're screwed". :fp:

Surely there must be a way to undo this mess.