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(3,827 posts)SALISBURY, NC (WBTV) -
Cabarrus County lawmaker Larry Pittman (R-NC03) is the co-sponsor of a bill filed on Tuesday that would give North Carolina the right to secede from the Union by removing an obstacle to secession that was built into the state constitution 148 years ago.
House Bill 147 was filed by representatives Michael Speciale, George G. Cleveland, Pittman, and Bert Jones. All four men are Republican lawmakers.
The bill seeks to repeal Section 4 of Article I of the North Carolina Constitution, which states:
Sec. 4. Secession prohibited.
This State shall ever remain a member of the American Union; the people thereof are part of the American nation; there is no right on the part of this State to secede; and all attempts, from whatever source or upon whatever pretext, to dissolve this Union or to sever this Nation, shall be resisted with the whole power of the State.
According to HB147, the sponsors want to put the repeal up on the ballot during the general election in November 2018. They say if the voters approve the amendment, it should be made law.
http://www.wbtv.com/story/34575955/cabarrus-lawmaker-co-sponsors-bill-to-repeal-ban-on-secession