From The Washington City Paper: Ballot Challenge Season Is Here!
From the City Desk of the Washington City Paper. I wonder what effect this will have on the Sandra Seegars campaign? This type of 'eliminate your competition' vs. 'being the best person for the job" can really leave a bad taste in voter's mouths. This could turn out to be a good thing for Yavocka Young and a backlash for SS.
Ballot Challenge Season Is Here!
Posted by Mike DeBonis on Jul. 22, 2008, at 4:22 pm
The issue with Young’s petitions was that the date of the circulator’s signature was dated prior to the dates of the collected signatures, indicating that the circulator signed off on the completed petition before collecting the signatures—a no-no.
Young says she’ll run instead on the general-election ballot as an “indepedent Democrat.” She picked up new petitions after her primary petitions were ruled invalid.
From the City Desk of the Washington City Paper.
Ballot Challenge Season Is Here!
Posted by Mike DeBonis on Jul. 22, 2008, at 4:22 pm
It’s that time of the election season: When political candidates gang up on each other and try to knock the competition off the ballot.
How does this happen exactly? Well, to get a ballot position, you’re required to collect the signatures of a certain number of registered voters. Anyone can challenge those signatures by claiming they don’t belong to a registered voter, are forged, or that there were irregularities in the collection process. Most of the challengers are typically associated with a rival campaign.
Today, preliminary hearings on petitions for the Sept. 9 primary ballot were held at the Board of Elections and Ethics headquarters at One Judiciary Square. Ward 8 council candidate Sandra “S.S.” Seegars disputed the petitions of no fewer than four of her fellow Barry challengers, and managed to knock off at least one, economic-development consultant Yavocka Young.
The issue with Young’s petitions was that the date of the circulator’s signature was dated prior to the dates of the collected signatures, indicating that the circulator signed off on the completed petition before collecting the signatures—a no-no.
Young says she’ll run instead on the general-election ballot as an “indepedent Democrat.” She picked up new petitions after her primary petitions were ruled invalid.
“It gives me much more time to reach out to the people of Ward 8,” she says. “I’m excited.”
Photo courtesy of the Washington City Paper
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