Long time no see, Mr. Smith...
It seems that many people see this as a Commonwealth of Virginia law. May be, but if so, then it is a law that uniquely applies to the Republican Party and no other, and so unconstitutionally discriminates against Republican voters by establishing ballot criteria for their candidates which differ substantially from the criteria established for other parties. Perhaps they are not arguing this point, but I think it is a valid one.
He’s just challenging the state law’s requirement that petition-gatherers be elegible state voters- which the SC ruled against before, and it’s requirements for the numbers of signatures.
I think this is an ‘out’ for the RPV and they’ll be glad to take it and let everyone who declared be on the ballot ( and it moots any disputes about the Party’s own procedures...)