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Guy caught observing house of congressional candidate's daughter doesn't understand why people might object
By adamg on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 1:24pm
The Suffolk Journal posts excerpts from a statement by KyQuan Phong, who staked out 10th District hopeful William Keating's old house, in the hopes of finding evidence the Democrat doesn't actually live in the district:
"My friends and I were out to find the truth and now we are being ridiculed and labeled as stalkers, undercover party operatives, etc.," he said in a statement.
Phong was a member of College Republicans at Suffolk until his graduation this past spring, but he says he was acting strictly in a non-partisan fashion in his stakeout. Republican candidate Jeff Perry disawowed any knowledge of Phong's actions.
Ed. side question: Is residency in a particular congressional district a requirement? I thought as long as you lived in the state somewhere you were OK. I should ask Joe Kennedy about that.
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State residency is enough
You are correct: "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." (U.S. Const., art. 1, sec. 2.)
There is no constitutional requirement that there be districts. Many states had at-large voting for representatives in Congress. Congress outlawed that in 1967 to prevent states from using at-large districts to avoid the election of African-Americans.
The matter is more political
The matter is more political than legal. You could live in Cohasset and run for office in Chelsea, but you'd be beaten over the head with the carpet-bagger charge.