Lawsuit filed over Bentley's Senate Special Election date

MONTGOMERY — State Auditor Jim Zeigler and a Democrat from Conecuh County have filed a lawsuit seeking a mandatory injunction requiring Gov. Robert Bentley to reschedule the special election for the US Senate seat vacated by US Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Zeigler and Tommy Chapman, chair of the Conecuh County Democratic Executive Committee and former district attorney for Conecuh and Monroe Counties, filed the lawsuit in Montgomery County Circuit on Sunday.

Bentley is named as the defendant in his official capacity as governor. Zeigler and Chapman are named in their official capacities and as taxpayers and voters.

The lawsuit asks the Court to declare the scheduling of the special election for November 2018 as contrary to Alabama law and to issue an injunction to require a new election date.

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