Candidate for NC insurance commissioner says her campaign signs were stolen

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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Before helping pass a new Hurricane Helene recovery bill Thursday afternoon, state Sen. Natasha Marcus told CBS 17 about the disappearance of her campaign signs.

Marcus, the Democratic candidate for North Carolina insurance commissioner, is challenging Republican incumbent Mike Causey. She said her campaign placed four political signs outside the main entrance of the North Carolina Department of Insurance Sunday night.

“We are not on Department of Insurance property,” she said. “This is a public thoroughfare.”

The signs have a QR code that take people to Marcus’ campaign website and an open letter to DOI employees. By Tuesday morning, two days after the signs were placed, Marcus said they were gone.

“Someone with an incentive to silence me, block my message, broke the law in order to try to silence me,” she said.

Because removing campaign signs in public space is illegal, Marcus’ campaign filed a report with the Raleigh Police Department.

Thursday morning, when CBS 17 met with Marcus, two of the signs had been returned. But Marcus still wants the case to be investigated.

“I am very curious to know who removed these signs,” Marcus said. “It costs our campaign more money to replace these signs with a quick turnaround. [And] Election Day is less than two weeks away. [The theft] did damage and it is a crime.”

Causey has not responded to CBS 17’s request for comment.

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