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Democratic lawmaker immediately defects to GOP after winning re-election (www.rawstory.com)

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Florida state Rep. Susan Valdés announced Monday she is defecting to the Republican Party — immediately after being re-elected as a Democrat.

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What law was broken? And if there isn't one (there isn't), how would you craft such a law?

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 9 points 2 weeks ago

The only thing that I can think of is some type of vote of no-confidence by the people who were tricked. Maybe a way to petition through the state to call for a new vote. Something besides some letters and phone calls that will be ignored, and wait another election cycle.