What the frack? North Carolina lawmaker accidentally votes to legalize fracking

[AJTheMan]

Source: Yahoo! News

A North Carolina lawmaker says she feels "rotten" after accidentally voting to override the veto of a bill to legalize fracking—the controversial technique of extracting natural gas—in the state.

Rep. Becky Carney, a Democrat from Mecklenburg, said she accidentally voted late Monday to override the governor's veto after asking fellow Democrats to uphold it. The House voted 72-47 against the veto—with Carney's vote clinching the number of votes needed for the override.

After realizing her error, Carney could be heard on the House floor saying, ""Oh, my God—it won't let me change my vote."

Under state law, lawmakers can change their vote if they make a mistake—unless their vote changes the outcome.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/fracking-lawmaker-accidentally-votes-legalize-carolina-183007231.html

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The Speaker of the House said that there is a green button and a red button...and that they [the lawmakers] should know which one to push.

[Angry Dragon]

1. Not too bright

[lonestarnot]

4. carelessness, not watage.

[nineteen50]

2. I wonder what that was worth.

[juajen]

17. I agree. She was paid.

[valerief]

19. Accidents like that don't happen. She was paid off like a good little blue dog. nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

3. Ouch!

[Suji to Seoul]

5. doh!

[OnyxCollie]

6. When does she start working at Chesapeake Energy? nt

[cstanleytech]

7. I wonder though if it really was an accident or if she is just saying that to cover

her butt.

[NorthCarolina]

13. My guess - odds are that she is attempting to gain cover.

So typical of American politics now days. Those with the cash will ALWAYS win....regardless of party affiliation.

[joshcryer]

9. Yikes, that's an interesting law. I can see the justification for it.

But still, she seems genuinely upset about it. Totally fucked.

[stockholmer]

10. one thing I know, Becky Carney is a shill for Coca-Cola, a truly wicked multinational firm

She praises 'public-private partnerships in this video. I wonder if that extends to oil drilling/fracking as well. We shall see how this plays out.

love the comment about the video:


You've got one job to do...push a button.  And you can't even do that right.

DBCOOPER888 12 hours ago

[Nihil]

11. Gosh ... how convenient!

> The House voted 72-47 against the veto—with Carney's vote clinching
> the number of votes needed for the override.

I'm sure that there will be an appropriate "donation" to her "campaign"
to help her to get over feeling "rotten".

[drynberg]

12. BECKY CARNEY, LEADING CREATOR OF CYNICS 2012!

Well done, sweetie, here's your bribe, I mean reward, I mean campaign donation.

[wordpix]

14. Just like the chair of our local P&Z said she made a "mistake" when she voted anti-environment on an

application that destroyed the neighborhood.

I call BS

[supernova]

15. *Facepalm*

What else can I say? I live here in this dumbass state.

[primavera]

16. "...unless it changes the outcome"?

So, in other words, you can only change your vote if there's no point in bothering to change your vote? Why bother then allowing people to change their votes, why not just prohibit people from changing their votes altogether?

[sofa king]

18. Ah yes, the "accidental vote" ploy.

I'm sure she'll be "accidentally" taking an all-expense paid vacation to the Caymans this winter, too.