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No Relief from Election Officials’ Not Striking a Candidate from the Ballot at a Voter’s Request

Robert Timothy Reagan
September 11, 2023

Davis v. Wayne County Election Commission (Sean F. Cox, E.D. Mich. 2:20-cv-11819)
About four weeks before a primary election, a federal complaint alleged that election officials improperly declined to strike a congressional candidate from the ballot. Five months later, the court dismissed the action because the plaintiff had not shown a violation of federal law.
Subject: Getting on the ballot. Topics: Getting on the ballot; matters for state courts; primary election.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.