Marshall Hobbs, a candidate for Fort Worth, Texas city council in May 2012, is being kept off the ballot because he made a miniscule mistake on his candidacy declaration. He has lived in the district since July 1, 2011, and the law only requires that candidates have lived in the district for six months. When he filled out his declaration of candidacy form, which asked how long he had lived in the district, he put “zero years” and “six months”, thinking there was no need to give the actual (longer) residency, because six months is the requirement.

Unfortunately, the requirement is six months before the opening day for filing, not six months before the actual date of filing. So even though he really does meet the duration of residency requirement, because he minimized that period of time on the form, the City Clerk is keeping him off the ballot. However, he has filed a lawsuit, which will be heard in time for possible relief. See this story. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for the link.