Post by Logan on Jan 12, 2016 4:26:16 GMT -6
Judge adds state GOP as defendant in suit against primary oath
A federal judge in Richmond on Monday added the Republican Party of Virginia as a defendant in a lawsuit challenging the GOP’s “Statement of Affiliation” in the March 1 GOP presidential primary.
Also Monday, the State Board of Elections, the original defendants, asked U.S. District Judge M. Hannah Lauck to dismiss the suit. Lauck has set a Wednesday hearing in the case.
Three black pastors from the Richmond area who support Donald Trump filed suit last week against the State Board of Elections in an effort to block the requirement under which voters would fill out a form that says: “My signature below indicates that I am a Republican.”
The State Board of Elections approved the requirement Dec. 16 at the request of the GOP’s State Central Committee. Trump says his campaign is not part of the suit but supports its goal.
Continued at www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/article_fd2b1ca8-caba-5f5a-ab77-2a841c3872a2.html
A federal judge in Richmond on Monday added the Republican Party of Virginia as a defendant in a lawsuit challenging the GOP’s “Statement of Affiliation” in the March 1 GOP presidential primary.
Also Monday, the State Board of Elections, the original defendants, asked U.S. District Judge M. Hannah Lauck to dismiss the suit. Lauck has set a Wednesday hearing in the case.
Three black pastors from the Richmond area who support Donald Trump filed suit last week against the State Board of Elections in an effort to block the requirement under which voters would fill out a form that says: “My signature below indicates that I am a Republican.”
The State Board of Elections approved the requirement Dec. 16 at the request of the GOP’s State Central Committee. Trump says his campaign is not part of the suit but supports its goal.
Continued at www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/article_fd2b1ca8-caba-5f5a-ab77-2a841c3872a2.html