‘NeverTrump’ Delegate Seeks Court OK to Break Election Law

A Republican leader in Virginia is heading to court to see if he can receive protection from prosecution if the vote he casts at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, is not for the presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump, but rather for someone else.

Virginia election law states that party delegates have to vote for the winner of the primary, or else they face a fine of $2,500 and up to a year in jail.

But Carroll Boston “Beau” Correll Jr., a Republican Party delegate who dislikes Trump for president, wants a judge to save him from that law, and has filed a federal lawsuit set to be heard on July 7, NBC 12 reported.

His argument?

Correll says his First Amendment rights, as played through his right to select the candidate of personal choice, trumps Virginia’s election law. (Read more from “‘NeverTrump’ Delegate Seeks Court OK to Break Election Law” HERE)

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