WASHINGTON 鈥� A D.C. activist has moved to Maryland because he has had enough of lawmakers from outside the District trying to stifle the will of D.C. residents.
He aims to use the ballot box to unseat a congressman.
This November, Adam Eidinger wants voters to oust Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), the incumbent of Maryland鈥檚 First Congressional District.
Eidinger recently moved to Salisbury, Maryland, where he has an apartment and his voting residence; he still maintains a home in D.C.
With roommate while we register to vote in Maryland鈥檚 1st District. We be Democrats of course. Game on ! You once told me 鈥淎dam (condesending tone) move to a state if you don鈥檛 like Article I!鈥� Ok I have, here we come
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Eidinger, like many D.C. residents, eventually wants full rights and representation for the District. That includes freedom from outside legislators having a hand in local regulations 鈥� namely the and its inability to make laws to reduce penalties associated with its possession, use or distribution.
鈥淭he only reason I鈥檓 moving to the eastern shore of Maryland is Andy Harris. It鈥檚 political,鈥� Eidinger said.
I won鈥檛 be voting for you this year Congresswoman Norton and because I鈥檓 voting in Maryland now. I continue to have a home in DC but the fight for has ignited a vanguard of DC grass roots activists to make a new home in Salisbury, MD.
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Eidinger was part of the push to legalize marijuana in D.C., but says a budget rider Harris supported has put a chokehold on the District’s ability to enact marijuana-related laws beyond what is already legal under .
The rider Eidinger decries includes a stricture on any moves by D.C. that would reduce penalties associated with marijuana possession, use or distribution.
鈥淲e鈥檙e fed up, and there鈥檚 nothing left to do but simply move to his district and organize his district against him,鈥� Eidinger said.
Eidinger is campaigning for Democratic candidate Allison Galbraith. He doesn’t expect an easy road, but he said he is in it for the long haul to unseat Harris sooner or later.
鈥淭he same people who legalized marijuana in the District of Columbia are moving to Andy Harris鈥� district to take a stand and basically say we鈥檙e going to remove this member of Congress to make an example of him,鈥� Eidinger said.
鈥淵ou don鈥檛 ignore the voters. You don鈥檛 overturn elections. And that鈥檚 literally what Andy Harris is doing. He has basically overturned an election in the District of Columbia through his budget rider on marijuana. And until that鈥檚 removed, I would not even think of giving up on this at least for six years. This is a six-year plan.鈥�
