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brooklynite

(93,878 posts)
Thu Feb 24, 2022, 05:38 PM Feb 2022

Challenges to Madison Cawthorn can't proceed under new district, elections board says

Source: Releigh News & Observer

Challenges seeking to bar U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn from running for reelection cannot move forward as long as Cawthorn remains a candidate in the district he filed in, which has now been moved halfway across the state, the N.C. State Board of Elections said Thursday.

The challenges argue that Cawthorn should be disqualified from running for office because of what they allege is his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Cawthorn denies being involved in the attack.

Cawthorn, a first-term Republican who was elected in 2020 from what was then North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District, in the westernmost part of the state, filed in December to run for a second term from the newly drawn 13th district enacted by the Republican-controlled legislature in November.

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In a letter to attorneys representing 13 North Carolina voters who filed complaints challenging Cawthorn’s eligibility to run for reelection in January and February, Katelyn Love, general counsel for the State Board of Elections, said that since none of the challengers currently reside in the new 13th district, they are no longer qualified under state law to challenge Cawthorn’s candidacy.



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Challenges to Madison Cawthorn can't proceed under new district, elections board says (Original Post) brooklynite Feb 2022 OP
Well, lets do it again with some voters from his new district. patphil Feb 2022 #1
Simple solution. LiberalFighter Feb 2022 #2
Do you have some? brooklynite Feb 2022 #3
Let me check my pockets. patphil Feb 2022 #5
Sorry, America Doesn't Do Accountability nt SoCalDavidS Feb 2022 #7
Yes, they do, but sometimes it seems like they don't. patphil Feb 2022 #8
NOTHING Is Going To Happen To Him, His Spawn Or His Cronies SoCalDavidS Feb 2022 #9
Ouch! NOTHING hurts. patphil Feb 2022 #10
well, at least he had to spend money on lawyers. Of course, the Repugs were glad to give to him. riversedge Feb 2022 #4
That's a cheap protective move Fullduplexxx Feb 2022 #6
Cawthorn represents the 11th district which is where the complaining voters now live, and did so Ford_Prefect Feb 2022 #11

brooklynite

(93,878 posts)
3. Do you have some?
Thu Feb 24, 2022, 05:59 PM
Feb 2022

Add to which, the BOE still won't kick him off the ballot on the basis of participating in an insurrection.

patphil

(6,035 posts)
5. Let me check my pockets.
Thu Feb 24, 2022, 06:09 PM
Feb 2022

Nope, the voters in his new district are going to have to step up.
If the BOE won't do their job, then that is something his Democratic opponent will have to talk about.

Supporting an insurrection is serious stuff. He needs to be held accountable.

patphil

(6,035 posts)
8. Yes, they do, but sometimes it seems like they don't.
Thu Feb 24, 2022, 08:08 PM
Feb 2022

The Republicans are very good at stall tactics, so it takes years to get what should take months.
In this case, time is of the essence. There needs to be action sooner than later.
If we can't block this guy now, he'll be reelected and then it will take a conviction to get him out of Congress. With appeals, and possibly a change of leadership in the White House, it might not ever happen.
Window closing this year.

SoCalDavidS

(9,998 posts)
9. NOTHING Is Going To Happen To Him, His Spawn Or His Cronies
Thu Feb 24, 2022, 08:14 PM
Feb 2022

Mark my words. Wish I were wrong, but I see no indication that he's going to suffer any consequences.

He's going to remain as a constant presence, because we're unwilling to neuter him.

Ford_Prefect

(7,830 posts)
11. Cawthorn represents the 11th district which is where the complaining voters now live, and did so
Fri Feb 25, 2022, 06:52 AM
Feb 2022

prior to the previous redistricting which is now overturned. The state had redistricted previously and named the area as the 13th district. Cawthorn then filed to run in the 13th. When the latest map was released that area was once more labeled as the 11th , while the 13th was now an area in the middle of NC.

As it stands I suppose Cawthorn may refile to run in 11th at which point I suspect the suit would need to be refiled as well. The sequence of process past that point is unclear as to how quickly the determination would be made and when the board would act.

The whole thing may become moot if Cawthorn is found to be part of the Jan 6th gang and is punished accordingly, but that will likely not happen prior to the election. The conservative voters of the 11th district would chose anyone of similar political outlook. Cawthorn is from the same district that elected Mark Meadows repeatedly.

It is not clear how much effect publicity over this and over Jan 6th have affected Cawthorn's popularity in the 11th district. It seems unlikely he would face a primary opponent from his own party at this late date.

However, this is North Carolina and stranger political things have happened before.

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