5 Michigan GOP candidates for governor disqualified from ballot
Several candidates and the Michigan Republican Party are expected to launch court challenges, though officials warned the ballot must be set by June 3.
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Several candidates and the Michigan Republican Party are expected to launch court challenges, though officials warned the ballot must be set by June 3.
Five Republicans have been booted from the state’s August gubernatorial primary and five Republicans are still on. That’s after a state board deadlocked on the question of whether they qualified despite thousands of forged and otherwise invalid petition signatures. We have more from Rick Pluta.
Two leading candidates in the Republican governor's race are among those who will be removed from the ballot pending court challenges.
The Bureau of Elections' "targeted" checks of signatures will be at the center of litigation that began Friday.
The legal action follows a series of 2-2 deadlocks at the Michigan Board of State Canvassers Thursday, disqualifying five GOP candidates for governor.