Group of voters cites post-Civil War amendment to challenge Cawthorn's candidacy

Name: Group of voters cites post-Civil War amendment to challenge Cawthorn's candidacy
Uploaded: 2022-01-10T22:52:45.000Z
Duration: 2 min 37 s
Description: A group of North Carolina voters told state officials on Monday they want U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn disqualified as a congressional candidate, citing his involvement in last January's rally in Washington questioning the presidential election outcome before a Capitol riot later that day.

A group of North Carolina voters told state officials on Monday they want U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn disqualified as a congressional candidate, citing his involvement in last January's rally in Washington questioning the presidential election outcome before a Capitol riot later that day.

Posted 1/10/2022, 10:52:45 PM

FOR TRASH AND RECYCLING HAVING

ABOUT 20 DRIVERS WHO CAN'T WORK

BECAUSE OF COVID.

THEY ARE ADJUSTING TO THE

DECREASED WORKFORCE.

>>> REPRESENTATIVE MADISON

CAWTHORN COULD BE INELIGIBLE TO

RUN FOR CONGRESS, THE ARGUMENT

THAT SOME VOTERS ARE MAKING TO

THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.

THE BOARD WILL MEET TOMORROW.

THE CAPITAL BUREAU CHIEF, LAURA

LESLIE, WILL EXPLAIN FROM THE

STATE CAPITAL.

>> Reporter: REPRESENTATIVE

MADISON CAWTHORN IS RUNNING FOR

REELECTION IN A NEW REPUBLICAN

DISTRICT WEST OF CHARLOTTE.

11 VOTERS FILED A CHALLENGE TO

THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS,

SAYING THEY BELIEVE HE

DISQUALIFIED HIMSELF FROM

OFFICE BY ACTIONS BEFORE AND

AFTER THE JANUARY 6th

INSURRECTION.

THEY ARE TAKING A PAGE FROM THE

19th CENTURY TO MAKE THEIR

CASE.

THE LEGAL CHALLENGE SAID

REPRESENTATIVE MADISON CAWTHORN

IS NO LONGER QUALIFIED TO RUN

FOR OFFICE BECAUSE OF

INVOLVEMENT IN THE JANUARY 6th

INSURRECTION.

AS PART OF THE 14th AMENDMENT

KNOWN AS A DISQUALIFICATION

CLAUSE, IT SAYS A PERSON CANNOT

HOLD ELECTED OFFICE IF THEY

TOOK AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE U.S.

CONSTITUTION BUT THEN, QUOTE,

HAS ENGAGED IN INSURRECTION OR

REBELLION AGAINST THE SAME OR

GIVEN AID OR COMFORT TO THE

ENEMIES THERE OF.

THEY ALLEGE THAT CAWTHORN WAS

INVOLVED IN PLANNING THE

JANUARY 6 RALLY AND THAT HIS

SPEECH ENCOURAGED INSURRECTION.

OF WESTERN CAROLINA PROFESSOR

SAID HE HAS NEVER SEEN A

CHALLENGE LIKE THIS BEFORE.

>> TO BE FAIR, I HAVEN'T HEARD

OF A LOT OF INSURRECTIONS

AGAINST THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

SINCE THE CIVIL WAR.

>> Reporter: THE 14th AMENDMENT

WAS ENACTED AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

TO KEEP FORMER OFFICIALS FROM

THE CONFEDERACY OUT OF PUBLIC

OFFICE, IN PART.

>> IT WAS USED IN THE EARLY

1900s AND I DON'T BELIEVE HAS

BEEN USED SINCE.

THIS ONE IS A NEW ONE ON ME BUT

WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT POLITICAL

WORLD.

>> Reporter: THE NATIONAL GROUP,

FREE SPEECH FOR PEOPLE, PLANS

TO FILE SIMILAR CHALLENGES IN

OTHER STATES.

CAWTHORN DECLINED AN INTERVIEW.

IN A STATEMENT, THEY SAID HE

WAS ELECTED BY, QUOTE, 245,000

PATRIOTS TO REPRESENT THEM IN

CONGRESS.

ONE DOZEN ACTIVISTS THAT ARE

COMICALLY MISINTERPRETING THE

14th AMENDMENT WILL NOT

DISTRACT HIM FROM THAT SERVICE,

IT WAS SAID.

THE STATE ELECTIONS BOARD WILL

HOLD AN EMERGENCY MEETING

TOMORROW TO CONSIDER

DESIGNATING A BOARD MADE UP OF

VOTERS OF THAT DISTRICT TO HEAR

THE CASE AND IT COULD ULTIMATELY

WIND UP IN FEDERAL COURT.

>> A BUSY WEEK, LAURA.