North Carolina Elections Board Says It Has The Ability To Bar Madison Cawthorn From Elected OfficeAndrew Trunsky
Political Reporter
February 09, 2022 10:17 AM ET
North Carolina’s Board of Elections said in a court filing late Monday that it has the ability to bar Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn from seeking reelection due to his actions in the days before the Capitol riot.
“The state does not judge the qualifications of elected members of the U.S. House of Representatives. It polices candidate qualifications prior to the elections,” the board wrote in the filing to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Cawthorn.
“In doing so, as indicated above, States have long enforced age and residency requirements, without question and with very few if any legal challenges. The state has the same authority to police which candidates should or should not be disqualified per Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment,” the board filing said.
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