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August 3, 2009
King Marty! Markowitz’s Dem challenger booted off the ballot!
The Brooklyn Paper
by Jared Foretek
Borough President Markowitz locked up a third-term in a Manhattan board room this afternoon as the Board of Elections kicked the Beep’s Democratic challenger off the ballot.
The 10-member Elections commission unanimously ruled that political newcomer Eugene Myrick had not collected the required 4,000 signatures to earn a spot on the ballot.
Myrick had handed in more than 10,000 John Hancocks, but the vast majority were ruled invalid because the signers were either not registered voters or did not live in Brooklyn (or both!).
In the end, the commissioners credited him with just 2,637 valid signatures.
“There is nothing we can do to help you, sir,” said Board of Elections President Frederic Umane.
NoLandGrab: The Brooklyn Paper may be underestimating the depth of pro-Atlantic Yards support ;-) for Republican challenger Marc D'Ottavio, who has accused Markowitz of not being vociferous enough in his support of the floundering boondoggle.
Posted by eric at August 3, 2009 7:27 PM