On May 14, the Virginia Libertarian Party filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court over Virginia’s ban on out-of-state circulators. This is the third such case to be filed against Virginia on this issue in the last six months. The new case is Libertarian Party of Virginia and Darryl Bonner v Judd. Here is the eleven-page complaint.

The first such case was filed by Texas Governor Rick Perry. The U.S. District Court said the ban is almost certainly unconstitutional, but that Perry had filed the lawsuit too late (only 70 days before the presidential primary), so injunctive relief was denied. Before the case could get a ruling on declaratory relief, Perry and the other intervening presidential candidates dropped the lawsuit.

Then a new lawsuit was filed by a candidate for U.S. House in the June Democratic congressional primary. But then, after he filed the lawsuit, he was told he had enough valid signatures, even when the ones collected by a resident of the District of Columbia were set aside. So, he dropped his lawsuit.