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Discrepancies Between the Residence Address and the Registration Address of a Ballot-Petition Signer

Robert Timothy Reagan
September 11, 2023

Schintzius v. Showalter (John A. Gibney, Jr., E.D. Va. 3:16-cv-740 and 3:16-cv-741)
A case removed to federal court in September sought to get a plaintiff candidate on the November ballot for mayor, claiming that plaintiff ballot-petition signers were wrongfully disqualified because they gave their residence addresses instead of their registration addresses under circumstances in which the plaintiffs claimed that the signers could lawfully vote using the old addresses. The district judge denied immediate relief.
Subject: Getting on the ballot. Topics: Getting on the ballot; removal.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.