On July 11, a Michigan State Appeals Court agreed with the trial court that D. Etta Wilcoxon should be on the August 2013 ballot as a candidate for City Clerk of Detroit. The election is non-partisan. Wilcoxon needed 500 valid signatures. She was told she didn’t have enough. She attempted to demonstrate that she did have enough, but apparently was not permitted to do the necessary double-checking. See this story. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.
http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2013/07/video-maddow-attacks-wayne-allyn-root.html
All petition signatures should allow for print and electronic signatures to get on the ballot. And all candidates should go through the same process. Something as symbolic as getting $1,000 in donations and 1,000 signatures (paper or electronic) is important to make ballot access equal for all candidates.
http://publicdocs.courts.mi.gov:81/OPINIONS/FINAL/COA/20130711_C317012_64_317012.OPN.PDF
All ballot access stuff is now a WAR time event.
Act accordingly if you are a candidate or a person doing an issue petition.