Rhode Island Minority Caucus, Inc. v. Leo Baronian

ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the district court’s denial of a motion for a preliminary injunction. Plaintiff-appellants are the Rhode Island Minority Caucus, Inc., (the Caucus), a nonpartisan political organization whose primary purpose is to encourage minority group participation in the political process, four named minority individuals who are members of the Caucus, and a purported class of similarly situated persons. Defendants are the members of the Board of Canvassers of the City of Providence, Rhode Island (the Board). In the complaint it is alleged, inter alia,…