TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 23, 2022

Five days after being removed from the ballot by the Davidson County Election Commission, Luvell Glanton has filed suit to be placed back on it, Nashville Post reports. The suit, filed this morning, alleges that the partisan nature of the commission’s vote (all Republicans voted to exclude him) was responsible for “usurping the Democratic Party’s exclusive control over its primary ballot and denying Mr. Glanton procedural protections.” The suit further alleges that the commission structured the hearings incorrectly, placing the burden of proof on Glanton to show why he should not be removed rather than on Jones to prove Glanton lived outside the county after Aug. 4, 2021. Glanton is asking for a temporary injunction to prevent ballots being printed without his name on them. He is seeking the Democratic nomination for the Eighth Circuit Court seat Jones was elected to in 2014. Also running is former Legal Aid Society attorney Lynne Ingram.