VIRGINIA:
IN THE CIRCUIT COURTFOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND
LEAN ON MCLEAN, etal, )
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Plaintiffs, )
v. »
) Civil Action No. CL20-1959
J. KIRK SHOWALTER, General Registrar)
for the City of Richmond, et al., )
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Defendants. )
ORDER
On May 18, 2020, upon proper notice to all Defendants, the parties, by counsel, appeared
before this Court for a hearing upon the Plaintiffs’ Verified Complaint and Motion for
Preliminary Injunction, in which the Plaintiffs ask, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that this Court
enjoin the enforcement of certain procedures for attaining access to the ballot in the November
2020 Richmond Mayoral Election on the grounds that those restrictions violate the Plaintiffs’
First Amendment rights as applied to the November 2020 election. The Plaintiffs, along with the
defendants the General Registrar for the City of Richmond, Richmond Electoral Board, Virginia
Department of Elections, Virginia Board of Elections, and their respective members, by counsel,
have presented to this Court a Consent Order awarding the Plaintiffs certain injunctive relief to
be considered for entry by this Court, Upon due consideration of the pleadings, Plaintiffs’ oral
motion modify the specific relief sought in the ad damnum to the Verified Complaint, the
argument of the parties, application of the law, and it otherwise appearing proper to do so, this
‘Court makes the following ruling.
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