Democratic Challenger Seeks to Disqualify Indiana’s Banks for Vote Against Certifying 2020 Election

Democratic Challenger Seeks to Disqualify Indiana’s Banks for Vote Against Certifying 2020 Election
Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) on Capitol Hill on March 27, 2019. York Du/NTD
Matthew Vadum
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An Indiana Democratic challenger is seeking to use an obscure constitutional provision to disqualify Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Banks in this year’s congressional election, arguing that Banks’s 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.