Louis Chine, an incumbent member of the Austintown, Ohio, School Board, is being kept off the November 8, 2011 ballot because his petition slightly mis-stated the number of signatures listed. See this story. He has filed a lawsuit in state court, hoping to be placed back on the ballot. In the meantime his name is still on the absentee ballots.

U.S. ballot access laws are frequently illogical, and this is a prime instance. The purpose of a petition is to show that the candidate has a modicum of support. Whether the petition correctly counted the number of signatures contained on it has nothing to do with whether the candidate has support.