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Livonia clerk defends decision to keep candidates on ballot after 'scrivener' errors; public urged to file court challenge if desired
Summary
During audience comments about candidate paperwork, the city clerk said a clerical (scrivener's) error — such as a transposed number — does not automatically disqualify candidates; she said only false affidavits would disqualify a candidate and that aggrieved parties may seek circuit-court review.
Public concern about candidate paperwork prompted an extended response from the Livonia City Clerk, who defended her office’s decision to keep 19 qualified candidates on the municipal ballot despite what she described as clerical, or "scrivener's," errors on some affidavits.
Multiple residents raised questions in audience communication about whether candidates with mistakes on nomination paperwork…
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