The D.C. Court of Appeals on Saturday denied attorney general candidate Kenyan R. McDuffie’s request for a full rehearing in his fight to get back on the June ballot, just days after a panel of three judges unanimously upheld a Board of Elections ruling that he does not meet the statutory requirements for the position.
The court’s decision to deny McDuffie’s request for an en banc appeal thwarts his latest effort to reverse the three-member Board of Elections’ April 18 ruling, which found that he was not actively engaged as an attorney during his decade on the D.C. Council. The elections board conducted a lottery Friday to determine the order of names on the ballot — notably without McDuffie — and is expected to begin mailing ballots to voters in the coming weeks.
McDuffie was seen as a leading candidate in the race and had outraised his three opponents.
