The Epoch Times A Democratic challenger is trying to use an obscure constitutional provision to disqualify Indiana GOP Rep. Jim Banks in this year’s congressional election, arguing that his vote in Congress against certifying the 2020 presidential election results constituted supporting an insurrection.
In a Facebook post before the votes, Banks had said he was simply doing his job as a member of Congress.
“Article II, Section 1, clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution clearly states that Presidential Electors must be appointed according to rules established by each state’s legislature,” Banks wrote. “But in the months before the 2020 election, these rules were thwarted in some states, not by their legislatures—but by governors, secretaries of state, election officials, judges and/or private parties.”…
