‘Oh My Gosh. I Pushed Green’: NC Lawmaker Accidentally Legalizes Fracking by Pressing Wrong Button

State Representative Becky Carney of North Carolina accidentally cast the wrong vote for one of the state’s most controversial topics Monday night and, because it was the deciding vote, Republicans won’t allow her to change it.

According to the Atlantic Wire, lawmakers had already passed a bill establishing rules for hydraulic fracking and horizontal drilling for oil and gas exploration in the state, but the bill was vetoed by the Governor Bev Perdue.

The House needed exactly 72 votes to override the veto late Monday night and, lo and behold, Carney’s accidental “yes” vote gave opponents the exact number they needed.  Whoops.

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