Virginia Republican delegate sues to get out of having to vote for Donald Trump
Under Virginia state law, party delegates must vote for the candidate who received the most votes in the primary, and that's a problem for Republican Beau Correll, who would rather vote for literally anyone other than Donald Trump.
Correll filed a federal lawsuit on Friday, seeking the freedom to vote for someone besides Trump during next month's Republican National Convention. A Ted Cruz supporter, Correll told CBS News that Virginia's law violates his First Amendment rights. "The government should not compel members of a private association how to vote in that association," he said.
After Cruz dropped out of the race, Correll said he gave Trump a chance, but he's made too many blunders. "Donald Trump does not exhibit the judgment, the competency for the highest office in the land," he said, adding that both his poll and fundraising numbers are "anemic." A former general counsel to the Republican National Committee, David Norcross, doesn't see the lawsuit as changing anything. "There is no other person involved," he told CBS News. "And [there's] the old saying — 'You can't be somebody with nobody.'" Catherine Garcia
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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