LANSING, MI (MPRN)-- Two Democrats running for governor are challenging the other’s eligibility to appear on the August primary ballot.
Shri Thanedar says he is not trying to get Abdul El-Sayed booted from the ballot. Thanedar says he’s trying to settle the issue of whether El-Sayed invalidated his Michigan voter registration when he voted in New York in 2012.
“It really doesn’t matter what that decision is as long as it’s based on legal and constitutional inputs.”
The issue is whether El-Sayed was registered in Michigan for four years prior to taking office, which is required by the state constitution.
The El-Sayed campaign countered by challenging the legitimacy of thousands of petition signatures to put Thanedar on the August Democratic primary ballot.