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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is so shady. Why didn’t the elections office let her know her petition had errors? People have already voted. What happens to their votes?

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There was a filing deadline back in June, by which time candidates for School Board had to file a petition with at least 125 signatures on a proper form.

St. John-Cunning filed a petition where one page on the form wasn't properly filled out.  That meant the signatures on that page were invalid and didn't count towards the 125-signature requirement.

Both St. John-Cunning and the elections official became aware of the defect after the filing deadline had passed.  There was no way to "cure" or fix that error, but the elections official thought he was doing her a favor by saying it was a harmless error.  The local Republicans objected, and the elections officer reiterated his position that it wasn't significant, so they took the matter to court.  Now a local judge has said the elections official didn't have any authority in the matter - if she didn't have enough valid signatures by the filing deadline, the only recourse is to disqualify her as a candidate.

It may sound unfair, but this is how courts routinely deal with legal filing requirements.  Miss a deadline, use the wrong font on a document, fail to fill out the form correctly, or check the wrong box - and your filing stands to get bounced.  But if your sympathetic to St. John-Cunning, the last thing you should be doing is blaming the elections official, because he was trying to give her a break.

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