Cesar Chavez's Grandson Sues Arizona Candidate

PHOENIX — Alejandro Chavez, grandson of the Mexican -American labor leader Cesar Chavez filed a legal challenge on Tuesday to have a man using his grandfather’s name booted off the ballot in Arizona.

According to Reuters.com, the challenge alleges that the man who changed his name to Cesar Chavez from Scott Fistler should be removed from the ballot for misleading voters in his bid to win a seat in the largely Hispanic seventh congressional district.

Chavez, co-founder of the United Farm Workers union, is a revered civil rights figure for his work on behalf of farm workers and Hispanic Americans. He died in 1993.

The lawsuit also claims that the candidate did not obtain enough valid signatures to be on the ballot.