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Blaming Candidacy Withdrawal on a Voter-Registration Challenge

Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine R. Borden, Jessica L. Snowden, Patricia D. Breen, Jason A. Cantone
August 23, 2023

Moseley v. Price (T.S. Ellis III, E.D. Va. 1:03-cv-1320)
A pro se federal complaint alleged that voting-rights violations forced the plaintiff to withdraw from a race that he alleged he was certain to win. According to the complaint, because he registered to vote while he was in the process of moving into a Loudoun County residence, his registration card was returned. A radio journalist made an issue of it, the county’s circuit court appointed a special prosecutor, and the state police investigated the matter. The judge dismissed the federal voting-rights claims as without merit and dismissed state-law claims without prejudice.
Subject: Registration procedures. Topics: Registration procedures; pro se party; matters for state courts.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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Election Litigation | Matters for State Courts | Registration Procedures | Emergency Proceedings | Pro Se Litigation | U.S. District Courts | E.D. Va.