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Judges dismisses lawsuit by Nancy Worley

Party Chair Nancy Worley and others filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to stop a faction of the...
Party Chair Nancy Worley and others filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to stop a faction of the party's governing committee from meeting this weekend to elect new leaders.(Source: WSFA 12 News)
By Kenneth Smith
Published: Feb. 27, 2020 at 12:33 PM CST
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WBRC) - A big ruling in the fight over control of the Alabama Democratic Party.

A Montgomery judge dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday by former chairwoman Nancy Worley, ruling the court lacks jurisdiction to decide who the party chair is.

Worley filed the lawsuit after a faction within the Alabama Democratic Party elected a different a chairman, Representative Christopher England.

The lawsuit claimed the meeting to elect England was illegal because they operated under illegal bylaws.

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