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The court ruled that a state panel should not have counted signatures with missing or incorrect dates on Finkenauer's petitions.

A pair of Republicans say Abby Finkenauer, a Democrat, didn't submit enough valid signatures to qualify for the Iowa primary ballot.

Des Moines, IA- A judge in Polk County is expected to rule on whether Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer's name should be listed on the June Primary ballot. Radio Iowa reports that the judge heard legal arguments Wednesday over errors on a small group of signatures on Finkenauer's nominating petitions, which were accepted by a state panel last week. Alan Ostergren, the attorney for the republicans challenging that decision said that, "The answer should not be, as it apparently was from this panel, that we should just ignore any law that we need to in order to get t...

Republicans argued Finkenauer failed to properly qualify for the June 7 primary ballot. A state panel found Finkenauer met the requirement.

A hearing is scheduled Tuesday in Polk County District Court on the