Virginia Dems hope hearing next week will force Independent candidate off local congressional ballot

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If these are invalid signatures, I hope they are weeded out in time to prevent her name being put on the official ballot.



Democrats hope hearing next week will force Independent candidate off local congressional ballot

https://wtkr.com/2018/08/22/democrats-hope-hearing-next-week-will-force-independent-candidate-off-local-congressional-ballot/


Posted 12:05 pm, August 22, 2018, by Brendan Ponton, Updated at 07:05PM, August 22, 2018


VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Democrats hope a hearing next week in Richmond will force Shaun Brown off the ballot in the second congressional district.

A hearing has been set for August 29 at Richmond Circuit Court. That's where Democrats filed a lawsuit earlier this month against state election officials, claiming the petition to qualify Brown on the ballot is "infected with fraud." They want a judge to prevent election officials from being able to print ballots with her name on it.

Brown was previously certified by the State Board of Elections as an Independent candidate, but now Democrats say many of the signatures collected are bogus. Democrats allege there are discrepancies on the forms Brown's team collected.

In addition, staffers from Congressman Scott Taylor's staff collected signatures in an effort widely seen as an attempt to split the Democratic vote, but dozens of people have come forward to say they never signed the petition. A special prosecutor is now investigating whether Taylor's staff did anything illegal...........................................