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Trying to Get on the Ballot After Voting Has Started

Robert Timothy Reagan
September 11, 2023

Raiklin v. Virginia Department/Board of Elections (John A. Gibney, Jr., E.D. Va. 3:18-cv-288)
A district judge denied immediate relief to a pro se plaintiff who filed an action challenging his exclusion from a primary-election ballot, because he filed the complaint after early voting had started.
Subject: Getting on the ballot. Topics: Getting on the ballot; laches; pro se party; primary election; early voting; absentee ballots.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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Tags:
Election Litigation | Absentee Ballots | Early Voting | Getting on the Ballot | Primary Election | Emergency Proceedings | Laches | Pro Se Litigation | U.S. District Courts | E.D. Va.