Western NC voters have been disgusted with young, wild-man Rep. Madison Cawthorne, NC-11. You may know that he cowarded out from running again in NC-11 and switched to NC-13.
I group of NC-13 voters filed with the State Board of Elections to challenge his qualifications for office based on his attempts at a federal insurrection on Jan 6th.
The voters contend that Cawthorn, who formally filed as a candidate for the 13th District seat last month, can’t run because he fails to comply with an amendment in the U.S. Constitution ratified shortly after the Civil War.
The 1868 amendment says no one can serve in Congress “who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress . . . to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same.”
Apparently NC has a lower bar for disqualifying a candidate for insurrection.
“State law says Cawthorn has the burden to “show by a preponderance of the evidence” that he’s qualified to run.”
Game on Madison.
I suspect this same tactic will be used against other extremist GOP like Greene and Boebert.