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Former Virginia GOP Senate candidate Ivan Raiklin sues over ballot access denial
Have at it guys.
By PATRICK WILSON Richmond Times-Dispatch
Former Virginia GOP Senate candidate Ivan Raiklin sues over ballot access denial
A former Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Virginia filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against his party and the commonwealth after the state GOP found that he didn’t obtain the required number of signatures to be listed on the June 12 primary ballot.
Ivan Raiklin wants a court to order a freeze on printing primary ballots without his name on them and wants a possible delay in the primary date, when the party will choose a nominee to challenge Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va.
Raiklin, of Fairfax County, is representing himself in the civil lawsuit, which names as defendants John Findlay, executive director of the Republican Party of Virginia; Chris Piper, commissioner of the Virginia Department of Elections; the Elections Department and the Virginia Attorney General’s Office.
The lawsuit stems from a Republican Party decision in March that Raiklin didn’t gather enough signatures of registered voters in Virginia to make it onto the ballot.
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http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/former-virginia-gop-senate-candidate-ivan-raiklin-sues-over-ballot/article_3020effd-cb3d-58ad-8bb1-4ca20c32efcd.html
A former Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Virginia filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against his party and the commonwealth after the state GOP found that he didn’t obtain the required number of signatures to be listed on the June 12 primary ballot.
Ivan Raiklin wants a court to order a freeze on printing primary ballots without his name on them and wants a possible delay in the primary date, when the party will choose a nominee to challenge Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va.
Raiklin, of Fairfax County, is representing himself in the civil lawsuit, which names as defendants John Findlay, executive director of the Republican Party of Virginia; Chris Piper, commissioner of the Virginia Department of Elections; the Elections Department and the Virginia Attorney General’s Office.
The lawsuit stems from a Republican Party decision in March that Raiklin didn’t gather enough signatures of registered voters in Virginia to make it onto the ballot.
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http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/former-virginia-gop-senate-candidate-ivan-raiklin-sues-over-ballot/article_3020effd-cb3d-58ad-8bb1-4ca20c32efcd.html
