A suit filed by a district voter seeks to
toss Rodney Alexander from the ballot. The D-trip writes:
A voter in Louisiana is filing a legal challenge to defective Congressman Rodney Alexander's ballot qualification, and seeks an injunction preventing the Secretary of State from issuing ballots printed with his name. The petition, filed by a voter and based on both Louisiana statute and prior precedent, rightly argues that Alexander's SECOND filing 20 minutes before the deadline is in effect a withdrawal of his candidacy under Louisiana law since candidates are prohibited from amending their ballot qualification in any way once it has been made. Others in Louisiana have been tossed for just this kind of behavior in the past.
The law seems quite clear that a candidate can't change parties once he initially qualifies for a ballot, if the DCCC and PoliticsLA are correct (I haven't seen the statute myself).
The hearing is set for August 13 at 4 p.m.
Of course, even if Alexander is off the ballot, it doesn't leave Democrats with a legitimate candidate. Hopefully, that's also in the works.