Republican Delegate in Virginia Files Lawsuit to Get Out of Having to Vote for Trump at the Convention
One Republican delegate in Virginia is so convinced Donald Trump is “unfit to serve” as president, he’s doing everything he can to get out of having to vote for the presumptive nominee at the GOP Convention in July.
Carroll Boston Correll, a longtime local Republican official who served as campaign co-chair for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) in Virginia’s 10th congressional district, has filed a lawsuit, in which he claims state law, which obligates him to vote for Trump on the first ballot at the convention, is in direct violation of his constitutional right to free speech.
Virginia law states: “Delegates and alternates shall be bound to vote on the first ballot at the national convention for the candidate receiving the most votes in the primary unless that candidate releases those delegates and alternates from such vote.”
Correll is seeking class action status for the lawsuit on behalf of 49 Republican delegates and 110 Democratic delegates in Virginia, where the billionaire businessman won 17 delegates in March.
The lawsuit was filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The case’s defendants are Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (D) and other state and local election officials. BakerHostetler, a major law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., is representing Correll.
“Correll believes that Donald Trump is unfit to serve as President of the United States and that voting for Donald Trump would therefore violate Correll’s conscience,” the suit reads. “Accordingly, Correll will not vote for Donald Trump on the first ballot, or any other ballot, at the national convention.”
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