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NC Reps Respond To McCrory Special Election Claims

Statement

Date: Feb. 7, 2014
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Elections

WASHINGTON, DC -- In a letter delivered last night, Representatives David Price (NC-04) and G.K. Butterfield (NC-01) responded to North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory's justification for waiting until November 4th to hold the special election to fill North Carolina's 12th Congressional District House seat. The representatives ask the Governor to hold the special general election on September, 16, 2014, saying there is no legal or administrative justification for delaying the special election until November. The representatives also point to potential hearings and House votes that could occur between September and November, and write that the 12th district's constituents deserve a strong advocate on matters before federal agencies.

Delaying the 12th Congressional District Special Election until November 4th would leave the district's House seat vacant for 310 days, the longest a Congressional district has gone without a representative in the last 50 years according to the non-partisan Congressional Research Service.


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