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Delaware Superior Court judge rules on Libertarian multiparty election filing
July 23, 2010
Delaware: Superior Court Judge James T. Vaughn Jr. ruled on Tuesday, July 20, that Libertarian candidates William McVay and Brent Wangen cannot appear as candidates on the Republican and Democratic primary ballots in addition to appearing as Libertarian candidates in the general election. The case came about after McVay and Wangen had been removed from the primary ballots by the Department of Elections. Vaughn ruled that as both McVay and Wangen were devout members of the Libertarian Party and showed no allegiance with either the Republican or Democratic Party, they must secure consent by those parties in order to receive nominations by them.[1]
Update
The Delaware Supreme Court, on October 22, has declared the case McVay v Department of Elections to be moot and as a result, the case won't be decided.. The case came before the state Supreme Court after McVay appealed the lower court ruling.[2]
Footnotes
Federal courts:
Third Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Delaware • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Delaware
State courts:
Delaware Supreme Court • Superior Court of Delaware • Delaware Court of Chancery • Delaware Family Court • Delaware Court of Common Pleas • Delaware Justice of the Peace Courts • Delaware Alderman's Courts
State resources:
Courts in Delaware • Delaware judicial elections • Judicial selection in Delaware
