"Indeed," the complaint says, "the supporters of Rick Santorum held the caucus hostage until they got enough people to leave so they could achieve the result they desired."

The registration papers were returned, according to the complaint, but only "after a substantial portion of the caucus attendees left in frustration, changing the make-up of the electorate" and, the complaint says, leading to an election of a pro-Santorum slate.

The complaint says that delegate voting did not begin until 6:30 p.m., eight and a half hours after the appointed 10 a.m. start time.

"These acts of voter suppression should not and cannot be condoned," the complaint says.

The complaint asks the party not to seat the Jefferson County delegates at Congressional district conventions on April 21, or the statewide meeting on June 2.

Janet Engelbach, chair of the Jefferson County GOP, acknowledges credentialing info went missing, though not from an attempt to skew caucus results.

The papers, she said, were taken by a volunteer, who had to leave early and inadvertently packed the documents up with her computer.