MI-SEN: Michigan elections bureau says 6 of 7 U.S. Senate candidates should make the ballot
The Michigan U.S. Senate field could shrink once again.
A Michigan Bureau of Elections staff report released late Friday afternoon said that Democrat Nasser Beydoun of Dearborn is ineligible to appear on the Aug. 6 primary ballot, as all of his petitions used the incorrect heading.
The report said that Beydoun improperly used a P.O. Box on all 2,924 petition sheets, which require a street address. Thus, staff invalidated all of his sample signatures and said he wad ineligible for the ballot.
“We’re going to fight it because it’s suppressing the vote on a technicality,” Beydoun told The Detroit News Friday, adding that he was consulting a lawyer.
To get on the ballot, Senate candidates are required to submit 15,000 valid signatures. The sampling method gathered 750 signatures, which were then individually reviewed and checked against the Qualified Voter File (QVF) by staf
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