By Oscar Y. Harward
GOP’s Union County District Attorney John Snyder has resigned his newly re-elected office to accept another position in the private sector.
Under N.C.G.S. 163 10. Any vacancy occurring in the office of district attorney for causes other than expiration of term shall be filled by appointment of the Governor…..
For many years, members of the N.C. Judiciary were all appointed or elected by partisan political elections. In the 1980’s, voters in N.C. started voting for Republican Party Judicial candidates in General Elections. With this developing change, the Democrat Party controlled General Assembly changed the law switching Judges to be voted on in non-partisan elections.
Judges are appointed and/or elected for Judgeships by politics. Each and every Judge has his/her own political views of the legal, political, and personal issues at hand. If Judges are to render judgments on the law and their legal, political, and personal beliefs, each should be allowed to express their legal, political, and personal views in partisan political elections?
In most other “vacant” elected political partisan offices in N.C., the respective Democrat or Republican Party Executive Committees recommend replacements to fill the “vacant” offices. District Attorneys’ offices continue to be voted on by political partisan elections. With that being said, Gov. Perdue should do the judicious thing and appoint another Republican Party member replacement of the local District Attorney.
Will Gov. Beverly Perdue decide to appoint Union County’s “vacant” District Attorney by Union County’s voters’ choice, or by another different Democrat Party partisan political selection?
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