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May 28, 2014

Conyers Back on Primary Ballot After Signature Mishap 
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Democratic Rep. John Conyers of Michigan has won a place on his
district's upcoming primary ballot after facing the threat of exclusion.
The Wayne County elections clerk had initially ruled Conyers was not
eligible for the primary because his campaign failed to collect enough
valid signatures and one of his staffers was not properly registered to
vote. But a federal judge has ruled the missteps by Conyers' staff were
the result of "good-faith mistakes," wrongly believing they were in
compliance. First elected in 1964, Conyers is the House's
second-longest-serving incumbent.

 

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