Lynchburg GOP sues to overturn Virginia’s ‘Convention Ban Law’

The Lynchburg Republican City Committee (LRCC) on Tuesday filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Virginia Department of Elections, the State Board of Elections and Elections Commissioner Susan Beals, arguing that a 2021 law known as the “Convention Ban Law” unconstitutionally strips political parties of their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and association.The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, comes on the heels of another pending legal challenge from within Virginia’s Republican Party. On March 1, the Republican Committee of Virginia’s 6th Congressional District voted 22-1 to pursue its own litigation against the same statute, claiming it deprives political parties of their ability to control how they nominate candidates.Read More