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Legal challenge brewing in Republican AG ballot flap?
Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner’s office and Republican Steve Christopher, who wants to run for attorney general, are at odds over about 2,000 signatures Hardin’s campaign says he filed to get on the May 4 primary ballot.
The next step could be a legal challenge to Brunner’s ruling keeping Christopher, from Hardin County, off the May 4 primary ballot.
Brunner’s office said last week that Christopher filed a total of 788 signatures and just 638 were validated, short of the 1,000 required to get on the ballot. That left former U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine of Cedarville unopposed for the GOP nomination for attorney general.
Christopher’s campaign on Monday, March 8, released a copy of the petition filing form that Christopher received on Feb. 18 from Brunner’s office. It said the “approximate number of petition signatures filed” was 2,750.
Jeff Ortega, spokesman for Brunner, said that the 2,750 represents the number that Christopher’s campaign said it filed. “Upon further looking at what they filed,” Brunner’s office determined that the actual number filed was 788 and that was the number sent to county boards of elections to be verified, said Ortega.
Jill Christopher, Christopher’s wife, said they are consulting an election lawyer to decide what step to take next.
One person who helped gather signatures for Christopher, Susan Hardenbergh of Hamilton County, said that she gave Christopher petitions with about 200 signatures to turn into Brunner.
The work log from Brunner’s office, however, showed that just one signature came from Hamilton County and that signature was validated.
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By Sue Cincinnati
March 9, 2010 10:42 AM | Link to this
I can attest that I gathered signatures in the numbers of about 200 from Hamilton County, and many more from from Clermont, Butler and other counties. Something is terribly wrong with this accounting and an audit needs to be done to find the missing petitions. Please call the Secretary of State 1-877-767-6446. It is either incompetence or corruption somewhere along the line. Either way, it is voter disenfranchisement. I want this man on the ballot. If the SoS delays long enough, he may miss the printing deadline.
By Correct Corrected
March 8, 2010 5:37 PM | Link to this
Who gave you the information Steve Christopher is the Hardin County Prosecuting Attorney??? He is not! He is the acting Judge of the Municipal court. You should study this before you say things that are not right publically!
By glad
March 8, 2010 5:23 PM | Link to this
DDN, glad to see you fixed the article. DO make proof reading a common practice.
By correct
March 8, 2010 4:07 PM | Link to this
It also say Hardin’s campaign. It should have said Christopher. Steven Christopher is the Hardin County Prosecuting Attorney.
By Poorly written (again)
March 8, 2010 3:08 PM | Link to this
Doesn’t the DDN edit it’s own website. For crying out loud-look at the first sentence; Secretary of State Jennifer’s office and Republican Steve Christopher, ….. Jennifer’s office-really??? Shouldn’t it be Brunner’s office or Jennifer Brunner’s office? Please quit relying on spell and grammar check and proof read the article.