The official election season in North Carolina has begin. The filing has ended. Let's take a look and see what action there is to look forward to this year:

* crickets chirping *

That's about it. As the Charlotte Observer notes, the majority of candidates for the North Carolina General Assembly have already "won" their elections because they face zero opposition. Many of those that do only have a primary race, so there's not much to be decided on election day in November.

Why? Primarily because of gerrymandering. The districts are specifically drawn so that there is no competition. The current legislators are picking their "constituents" instead of the people electing people to represent them. Why? Because the legislators are part of an elite class that knows better than you what you need.

The Observer does mention a side issue -- that the legislature is a total cesspool and many upstanding people simply do not want to be associated with that much filth.

So what's the solution? As much as I hate the idea of them, the only way to attempt to stop this and actually let people elect others to represent them (instead of members of the elite deciding) is term limits. If the legislator can only "serve" for 2-4 terms, they'll have less of a reason to continue to add filth to the cesspool and others will get a chance to serve.

Now the only question is how to get those self-serving control freaks in the legislature to pass them...

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