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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Apologies if this is embedded in the School Board threads, but this seems like a big thing:

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/candidatenotice

Evidently 6 signatures on her campaign petition were invalid.

So, it looks like the School Board may be 11-1 after all.  The remaining candidate, Pinckney, is GOP-endorsed.

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It was more than that - closer to a dozen invalid signatures, as a result of which she didn't have enough valid signatures on her original petition to comply with the candidate filing requirements.  An elections official waived it off, but a circuit court judge ruled this week that the elections official didn't have the discretion to waive the error.

I'm sure the Democrats will whine about this, but (1) she can still win with write-in votes; and (2) the FCDC has a lot of money at its disposal to make sure that its endorsed candidates comply with the filing requirements.  That's one reason why a party endorsement is so important - the party officials are supposed to help the candidates navigate the technical requirements.  [/quote]

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