=LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Democrats are asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a Tennessee attorney who won 42 percent of the vote in the party's presidential primary in Arkansas last month but won't be awarded any delegates.
The Democratic Party of Arkansas said in a motion that it had the right to deny delegates to presidential candidate John Wolfe because he didn't comply with its rules. The party said before the May 22 primary that Wolfe would not be awarded any delegates because he did not file two mandatory documents.
The Democrats say that Arkansas' entire delegation at the convention could be challenged if the state party didn't enforce the rules required by the national party.
Wolfe claims in his lawsuit that denying him delegates disenfranchises the people who voted for him.
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