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.