Court: Flint-area judicial candidate belonged on ballot
March 13, 2021
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FLINT, Mich. (AP) State election officials took the wrong path in trying to keep a Genesee County judicial candidate off the 2020 ballot, the Michigan Court of Appeals said.
A Flint business address at the top of a nominating petition, instead of a Grand Blanc home address, didn t spoil the signatures gathered by B. Chris Christenson, the appeals court said Thursday.
The court affirmed a decision by the Court of Claims.
Christenson sued last summer to get on the August primary ballot after the Board of State Canvassers said he didn t qualify because of the address. The board acted on the recommendation of state election officials.