New York U.S. House member Chris Collins, Republican representing the 27th district, was indicted recently and does not wish to run for re-election, even though he won the Republican nomination in the June 26 congressional primary. He can get off the November ballot, and let his party replace him, if he accepts another elected position. Republican leaders are considering having him appointed town clerk, or perhaps town assessor, of Eden. However, elected officials of Eden do not like that idea. See this story. Collins does not live in Eden. It is in Erie County and has a population of 7,688.
UPDATE: see this story, which says Eden residents are holding street protests to stop the Collins candidacy.
Did you mean “indicted”? Instead of “indicated”?
Thanks, yes. I just now fixed it.
I believe the indictment indicated indecisive interdiction was indicated to intercede in the Eden interloper issue. 😉
How about appoint Collins to be Indicated Idiot-in-chief in Incompleteburg (new town) in the insane incompetent New York regime ???
Why Demo Rep… you have a sense of humor!
And the town level Republicans in Eden are resisting the idea.
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NO real humor in statist gerrymander MONSTERS like Collins with USA un-declared foreign wars, insane USA annual deficits and the timebomb accumulated USA national debt.
ALL statist gerrymander MONSTERS ALL the time — since 1776 (States) – since 1789 (USA).
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PR and AppV
Are there other offices that Collins could run for?
Collins could conceivably consider county council.
He should be named Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds:
“In the 17th century Members of Parliament (MPs) were often elected against their will. On 2 March 1624, a resolution was passed by the House of Commons making it illegal for an MP to quit or willfully give up his seat. However, under the constitutional Act, the Act of Settlement of 1701, and subsequent legislation, any Member of Parliament accepting an office of profit under the Crown is disqualified from his or her seat. This became the basis for the current legal practice of using sinecure posts such as this to effect resignations.
As it was still nominally a Crown office, the post of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham became the first title to be used in the procedure developed in the 18th century for resignation from the British House of Commons by MPs. While no longer having any actual role or responsibility, it is a nominal office for profit under the Crown: holding such an office disqualifies an MP from the House, as noted above. The Chiltern Hundreds office was the first to be officially used as a procedural device in this way, on 25 January 1751, to allow John Pitt, one of the two MPs for the constituency of Wareham, to resign. Between 1756 and 1799, 11 MPs also left Parliament by accepting the Stewardship of the Manor of Old Shoreham. The Steward of the Manor of Hempholme was an alternative from 1845 to 1865. A number of other offices have also been used in the same way at one time or another.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiltern_Hundreds