On March 23, a lawsuit was filed in Virginia state court, asking that the normal requirement of 10,000 signatures for a candidate to get on a statewide primary ballot be suspended due to the health emergency. The lawsuit is filed by Omari Faulkner, a Republican running for U.S. Senate. Faulkner is represented by Jason Torchinsky, a specialist in election law.

Here is the Complaint in Faulkner for Virginia v Virginia State Board of Elections, which was filed in the Circuit Court for the city of Richmond.

There are six declared Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate race. Here is information about Faulkner. The Complaint says that Faulkner has collected 3,769 signatures. The deadline is March 26. The Complaint asks that the requirement be set at 3,500 signatures. It notes that New York has already administratively cut the number of signatures needed for primary candidates to 30% of the normal requirement. Thanks to D.C. Sachs for this news.