Michigan court clears way to certify Detroit mayoral primary

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Michigan court clears way to certify Detroit mayoral primary

DETROIT | Fri Aug 30, 2013 6:59pm EDT

(Reuters) - The Michigan Court of Appeals on Friday cleared the way for the state's election board to declare a winner of Detroit's disputed August mayoral primary next week, in a ruling that would pave the way to a victory for a former hospital executive who waged a write-in campaign.

Results of the August 6 mayoral primary have been held up for weeks over the counting of thousands of write-in votes for Mike Duggan, the former hospital executive. A city tally of the results of the primary gave the victory to Duggan by a wide margin over Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon.

The court ruling, however, will not change the landscape for the November 5 general election, because even if the disputed ballots had been thrown out, Duggan would have finished second. In Detroit's non-partisan system, the top two vote-getters in the primary compete in the general election.

The Wayne County Clerk's Office had recommended striking thousands of write-in votes because precinct clerks made errors in counting them, which would make Napoleon the winner. The Wayne County board refused to certify that result.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/30/us-usa-detroit-election-idUSBRE97T10X20130830

[Bay Boy]

1. Will it really matter?

What with the bankruptcy and all.