Judge dismisses lawsuit asking to keep Trump off Virginia ballot
Source: CBS News
RICHMOND, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- A lawsuit seeking to keep former President Donald Trump off of the ballot in Virginia has been dismissed.
The ruling, issued on Friday, says the plaintiffs lacked standing to file the suit and had numerous procedural issues in it.
The civil and political activists asked a judge for an injunction to keep Trump's name off the ballot, citing the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. Voting Rights Act.
"Although this increasingly litigated legal question of whether former President Trump may be disqualified from running for or serving in public office raises issues of the utmost importance in our democratic system of self-governance, the court cannot reach the merits of plaintiffs' claims because it lacks subject-matter jurisdiction," wrote the judge.
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