June 27, 2008 - 18:22
News: Arizona

Technicality keeps Brown on ballot in AZ-1

Jeffrey Brown, Democratic candidate in the 1st Congressional District, will be on the primary ballot in September, after thwarting an attempt to remove him due to a lack of valid petition signatures.

 A Maricopa County Superior Court judge found that although Brown's nominating petition did not contain a sufficient number of valid signatures to qualify him for the primary ballot, the challenge was made too late to have an effect.

Bethany Hicks, the presiding judge, wrote:

"Irrespective of the fact that the Plaintiff challenger has proved... that the Defendant candidate does not have sufficient valid signatures, the Court finds that because the action was not served within the twenty-four hour time period after filing... this court lacks jurisdiction and the challenge is invalid."

The challenge was made by Stanford Lerch, an attorney who has contributed $500 to the campaign of Howard Shanker. Shanker is facing Brown in the four-way Democratic primary in the 1st district.  

Evan Brown is a PolitickerAZ.com Reporter and can be reached via email at noreply@politicker.com.

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