Duke v. Cleland

DUBINA, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs in this case are David Duke (“Duke”), a controversial political figure, and three Georgia voters (the “Voters”). Georgia’s Secretary of State, Max Cleland (“Cle-land”), its Republican party chairman, Alex Poitevint (“Poitevint”), and the Georgia presidential candidate selection committee (the “Committee”), are the defendants. Duke and the Voters filed suit after the Committee’s Republican members, acting pursuant to power granted by state law, excluded Duke from a list of Republican candidates to be placed on Georgia’s presidential primary election ballot.…