State elections officials Monday took a Republican Assembly lawmaker off the ballot in a recall election against a Democratic senator.
The state Government Accountability Board voted unanimously to leave Rep. John Nygren (R-Marinette) off the ballot in the July 19 recall election for Sen. Dave Hansen (D-Green Bay) in the 30th Senate District. The board found that Nygren fell just short of collecting the 400 valid nominating signatures needed to qualify for the ballot, finding he collected only 398 valid signatures.
The accountability board had initially found that Nygren had submitted 424 qualifying signatures from voters. But after a number of signatures were challenged by Democrats, the accountability board found that 26 of those were invalid. An aide to Nygren said he would be releasing a statement soon.
The board also certified Republican challenger David VanderLeest in the recall against Hansen, rejecting challenges that VanderLeest had not gathered enough signatures. That means that there will be no primary in the Hansen recall election.
Source: Rep. Nygren knocked off ballot in Hansen recall election – JSOnline.