Swordsmyth
06-02-2018, 01:47 AM
The state Board of Canvassers on Friday accepted recommendations to remove seven Michigan congressional candidates (https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/05/30/michigan-congress-election-ballot-signatures/655845002/) from ballots for the primary election Aug. 7.The group included Paul Clements, who twice has been the Democratic nominee challenging U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph; Matt Morgan, the only Democrat who filed to run against first-term U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet; and Kristine Bonds, a Republican candidate in the 11th district who is also the daughter of legendary local broadcaster Bill Bonds.
In each of the seven cases, staff at the state Elections Bureau determined that the candidates lacked the requisite 1,000 valid signatures from people registered to vote and living in their districts required on nominating petitions.
In several cases, the candidates only lacked a relatively small number of signatures to get over the 1,000 mark. In the case of Morgan, a retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, he listed a post office box instead of a street or rural route address on his signature forms, apparently disqualifying the signatures under state law.
Besides those already mentioned, other candidates taken off the ballot include Nick Schiller, one of two Democrats running to take on U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland; Joe Farrington, a bar owner challenging U.S. Rep. Justin Amash, R-Cascade Township, in the Republican primary; and Eponine Garrod, another Democrat running in the primary to take on Upton this fall.
More at: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/06/01/michigan-candidates-congress-election/664123002/
In each of the seven cases, staff at the state Elections Bureau determined that the candidates lacked the requisite 1,000 valid signatures from people registered to vote and living in their districts required on nominating petitions.
In several cases, the candidates only lacked a relatively small number of signatures to get over the 1,000 mark. In the case of Morgan, a retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, he listed a post office box instead of a street or rural route address on his signature forms, apparently disqualifying the signatures under state law.
Besides those already mentioned, other candidates taken off the ballot include Nick Schiller, one of two Democrats running to take on U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland; Joe Farrington, a bar owner challenging U.S. Rep. Justin Amash, R-Cascade Township, in the Republican primary; and Eponine Garrod, another Democrat running in the primary to take on Upton this fall.
More at: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/06/01/michigan-candidates-congress-election/664123002/