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Florida lawmaker abruptly switches to GOP shortly after winning election as Democrat (www.salon.com)

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[–] T00l_shed 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sounds like the election should be annulled and re run.

[–] makeshiftreaper 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

As a North Carolina resident who had the exact same thing happen, no. You just get screwed and there's no repercussions for the elected official

[–] T00l_shed 9 points 1 week ago

Very democratic. Sorry about that. That sucks.

[–] nulluser 3 points 1 week ago

there’s no repercussions for the elected official

Well, not within the scope of civility and decorum, no.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

I lost hope of winning when I became keenly aware that the Right will stoop to any level and cheat because they genuinely think it’s better to win than to be honest or fair.