Forced annexation is a very controversial policy in North Carolina related to eminent domain. Eminent Domain assumes that the citizen does not own their own property, but the municipality, county, and State does.

The policy of forced annexation allows cities and townships in North Carolina to to expand their borders to encompass communities whether they want to be a part of that city or not: to "annex" people's property against their will, thus increasing their taxes, and placing them under onerous local regulations.

Many cases of forced annexation can be traced to a simple desire for cities to increase their tax base. Often they will annex rural communities who already have all of the services which the municipality offers, and the quality of the community in question will decline.

Other times, annexation is necessary, and desired by the citizens in the communities being annexed. There can be no question but that sometimes cities and townships need to expand, and to entirely prevent all growth of a municipality can lead to stagnation.

Glen Bradley opposes forced annexation but supports voluntary annexation, and will introduce legislation to mandate that no community can be annexed without a properly certified and victorious ballot referendum of the people themselves who are facing annexation by a growing city or township.