Challenge to Cawthorn's candidacy should proceed, N.C. elections board says

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The North Carolina State Board of Elections said a constitutional challenge to Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s candidacy should be allowed to proceed despite the Republican lawmaker's efforts to stop it.

In a court filing Monday, the board argued that Cawthorn's lawsuit to end a voter challenge to his bid for re-election was premature and should be dismissed.

A group of North Carolina voters filed the challenge last month, urging the board to disqualify Cawthorn from future elections due to his involvement in last year's pro-Trump rally that immediately preceded the Jan. 6 insurrection. Cawthorn, a tree-punching extremist known for targeting opponents with violent rhetoric, repeated then-President Donald Trump's baseless claims of election fraud during his speech at the Jan. 6 rally. And in August, he warned there could be “bloodshed” over future elections Republicans consider to be rigged.

North Carolinians are legally allowed to challenge a political candidate’s eligibility for office if there’s “reasonable suspicion” the candidate ought to be disqualified. In Cawthorn’s case, the voters cited the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which says, “No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress” who “shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion” after previously pledging to “support the Constitution.”

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1. Make him sweat.

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2. Make him go to jail.