Residency Rule, Not Another One

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For Immediate Release

Contact: Dane County Young Republicans, (608) 313-4704



(Madison, WI) – Despite the dismissal today of a challenge to Tammy Baldwin’s nomination papers, significant questions still remain about Tammy Baldwin’s residency in the Second Congressional District. “Baldwin is playing by her own set of rules,” said Charla Halverson, President of the Dane County Young Republicans. “Her unwillingness to provide any proof that she actually has a residence in the District shows a complete and utter disregard for the voters she supposedly represents.”

Baldwin’s campaign responded to this challenge with a brief attempting to explain away her inability to prove that she even lives in the state of Wisconsin.



“The fact that Tammy Baldwin’s office has received threats is not something new – with this charged political environment, it seems as though virtually every candidate has been faced with extremist rhetoric,” added Halverson. “What is different is that while other campaigns are transparent about following the regulations and listing their candidate’s home address, Tammy Baldwin has repeatedly shown her contempt for the rules. If she truly cares about representing her constituents in Wisconsin, she should be willing to show that she lives in the district and isn’t relying on her liberal allies to cover the fact that she has a luxurious condominium in Washington, DC where she spends her time.”



Bizarrely, her campaign continued by arguing that the fact that she doesn’t live in the Second Congressional District shouldn’t disqualify her from a seat in Congress. In the response, her campaign stated “that there is no Constitutional requirement that a citizen reside in the district to be placed upon the ballot.” Halverson responded, noting that “I’m glad that her campaign is confirming what we as voters in Wisconsin already know – Tammy doesn’t represent us, and incredibly, she doesn’t feel the need to even live among the working families that pay for her budget-busting tax-and-spend philosophy.”



Halverson stated that “the Dane County Young Republicans believe that Baldwin’s questionable residence in this state raises serious questions about her qualifications for Congress under Article 1, Section 2 of the United States Constitution and that this matter should not be laid to rest without a full investigation. The time has gone when a politician could say one thing in Wisconsin and go to Washington and vote for the same failed liberal policies. We need a Representative who actually lives among the voters that they say they represent.”



NOTE: Article 1, Section 2 of the United States Constitution states that “No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.”

I don't understand why this even comes up? Politicians and candidates not living in the district they are representing or running for.

Yes I know I get the old line, "you know the constitution says you don't have to live in the district you are representing or running for" CRAP! Yea, I just hate when someone tries to deceive you. Those are things I don't forget.

It just tells me, it the same old same old with politicians. Tells about their character and why I don't vote for the good old boy network people.

Why can't Baldwin just prove she lives in the district. Come on! It's time for Baldwin to find new work come next January.