Liberal Beaufort County commission majority votes to keep "Limited Voting" election method | Eastern NC Now

The oppressive and undemocratic process of "limited voting" has plagued our county commission elections for years after a then all-Democrat county commission made a rotten deal to "settle" a voting rights lawsuit they probably would have won.  Now a new US Supreme Court decision that struck down racial gerrymandering gives out county the opportunity to free ourselves of this travesty.

Unfortunately, our liberal county commission majority wants to keep this monstrosity.

Conservative Commissioner Stan Deatherage put the issue on the county commission agenda, asking to bring in a specialist attorney to address changing the system, now that the Supreme Court has given us that opportunity.  Unfortunately, his proposal was voted doan 3 votes for and 4 against.  Those voting to work to change the system were Deatherage, Hood Richardson, and Tandy Dunn.  Those voting not to seek and change but to keep the same rotten system were liberal Democrats Ed Booth and Jerry Langley and liberal "Republcians" Randy Walker and Frankie Waters.  Both Walker and Waters are switchover Democrats.

The Republican executive committee and Republican convention in our county have repeatedly passed resolutions against "limited voting" but Walker and Waters prefer to vote like Democrats on the issue.