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    IN THE UNITED STATES D ISTRICT COURTFOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA

    Richmond Divis ion

    FILEDIN OPEN COURT

    JAN -| 3 2012CLERK, U.S. DISTRICTCOURRICHMOND, VA

    THE HONORABLE RICK PERRY,Plaintiff,

    and

    THE HONORABLE NEWT GINGRICH, THEHONORABLE JON HUNTSMAN, JR., andTHE HONORABLE RICK SANTORUM,Intervenors,

    v- Civil Action No. 3:11-CV-856-JAGCHARLES JUDD,Member of the Virginia State BoardofElections,in his official capacity,et al.,

    Defendants .

    MEMORANDUM OPINION

    This matter is before the Court on the plaintiff and intervenor-plaintiffs' (collectively, the"plaintiffs") motion for a preliminary injunction. The plaintiffs are candidates seeking theRepublican nomination for President of the United States. Under Virginia law, they failed toobtain the required number of petition signatures to place their names on the ballot for theRepublican primary election. Now, they ask the Court for apreliminary injunction ordering thatthey be listed on the ballot. The plaintiffs argue that Virginia's rules limiting who can circulatecandidate petitions and requiring 10,000 signatures violate theFirst and Fourteenth Amendmentsto the Constitution.

    The equitable doctrine of laches bars the plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction.Theyknew the rules inVirginia many months ago; the limitations on circulators affected them as

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