Wayne County clerk backtracks on Duggan eligibility for ballot
Detroit The Wayne County clerk on Tuesday walked back her finding from a day earlier that Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan had missing campaign finance documents with her office, saying the filings are in order in a move that would allow the city clerk to clear him for the ballot.
Cathy Garrett cited a miscommunication in a statement late Tuesday and said she s found that Duggan s campaign finance documents were in order by the filing deadline for the August primary. A legal challenge was filed Monday arguing he was ineligibile for the ballot.
Update, 10:20 p.m. Tuesday: Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is expected to advance to the August primary ballot one day after Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett found a documentation hiccup that could prevent that. Garrett walked back her initial claim that Duggan had missing campaign finance documents late Tuesday, citing a miscommunication, The Detroit News reports. The change reportedly followed a more thorough review after a lawyer for Duggan s team contacted her office. Garrett said she met with the county s Campaign Finance Division and reviewed communications between the office and Duggan s campaign committee to reach her new finding. Duggan s opponent, Anthony Adams, claimed the mayor didn t file an amended fundraising disclosure. Candidates must have both a sufficient number of supporter signatures and their campaign finance documents in order to be certified for the ballot. Certifications are expected to be completed by the end of the week.
Update, 10:20 p.m., April 27: Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is expected to advance to the August primary ballot one day after Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett said she d discovered a documentation hiccup that could prevent that. Garrett walked back her initial claim that Duggan had missing campaign finance documents late Tuesday, citing a miscommunication, the Detroit News reported. The change reportedly followed a more thorough review conducted after her office was reached by a lawyer for team Duggan. Garrett said she met with the county s Campaign Finance Division and reviewed communications between the office and Duggan s campaign committee to reach her new finding.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan might have to mount another write-in campaign to win reelection if challenger Anthony Adams has his way.
Adams on Monday attempted to get Duggan s name thrown off the August primary ballot. If successful, it would be the second time in the last three election cycles Duggan was unable to keep his name on the ballot.
Adams, a former deputy mayor under ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick who is now running for mayor himself, challenged the certification of Duggan s name on the ballot, claiming the mayor lied on the reelection paperwork he filed last week. Despite attesting that his campaign finance reports are current, Duggan failed to file a complete campaign finance statement in July 2018, according to the challenge Adams attorney filed with the Detroit city clerk.
Share April 27, 2021, 7:32 AM Anthony Adams, a former deputy mayor of Detroit starting a David vs. Goliath race to deny Mike Duggan a third term, tries a legal challenge.
Anthony Adams: The law is the law.
(Photo: Campaign) The political rival asks the city clerk to knock the mayor s name off August primary ballots, as the Free Press describes: Adams . challenged the certification of Duggan s name on the ballot, claiming the mayor lied on the reelection paperwork he filed last week. Despite attesting that his campaign finance reports are current, Duggan failed to file a complete campaign finance statement in July 2018, according to the challenge Adams attorney filed with the Detroit city clerk. .