A judge in state Superior Court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by former Mayor Sharpe James seeking to be placed on the ballot in the May 10 municipal election.
to block the clerk from holding a drawing for ballot positions pending a final decision on whether James could run.
“The motion is denied in its entirety,” Vena said at the hearing, which James did not attend. “The complaint in this case is dismissed.” Running for office was not explicitly barred in the 2008 order, and Ashley argued that running for office was essentially a form of self expression protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution.
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