OnDecember 6, the final brief was filed in Lux v Rodrigues, the case that challenge’s Virginia’s law that prohibits anyone from circulating a petition outside his or her own congressional district (if the petition is for a candidate for U.S. House). The case is pending in the 4th circuit. This final brief was filed by attorneys for Herb Lux, the candidate who was kept off the November 2010 ballot because of the circulator residency restriction.