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GOP lawmaker Nygren sues to get back on ballot
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Jun 29, 2011 12:44am |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Jun 28, 2011 09:55am |
| Description | In a filing in Dane County Circuit Court, Rep. John Nygren (R-Marinette) said the state Government Accountability Board wrongly took him off the ballot in the recall election for Sen. Dave Hansen (D-Green Bay) in the 30th Senate District.
A hearing has been set for 9 a.m. Friday before Dane County Circuit Judge Richard G. Niess.
The accountability board took Nygren off the ballot Monday after finding that he fell just short of collecting enough valid nominating signatures. The board found Nygren collected only 398 valid signatures, and 400 are needed.
The accountability board had initially found that Nygren had submitted 424 qualifying signatures from voters. But after a number of signatures were challenged by Democrats, the accountability board found that 26 of those were invalid.
The lawsuit seeks a judge's order to place Nygren on the ballot, arguing that the accountability board didn't allow enough time for Nygren to respond to the challenges to the signatures or for accountability board members themselves to review the case. |
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