Former Mayor Sheila Dixon will not file a lawsuit to challenge the April primary election for mayor, her spokeswoman said Wednesday, ending a month of uncertainty following the close contest. Spokeswoman Martha McKenna said the former mayor continued to call on concerned voters to seek information to explain the irregularities that led officials to decertify the election and investigate the results. The deadline to file a lawsuit challenging the mayoral and City Council elections was Wednesday — seven days after the city recertified the election. “We took a tack of working with the [state] Board of Elections and getting as much information as we could about the ballots, the certification, the recertification and the reconciliation process,” McKenna said.
Dixon also chose not to petition the election officials for a recount. The deadline for such a petition passed on Tuesday.
State Sen. Catherine E. Pugh received about 2,400 more votes than Dixon and was declared the Democratic nominee for mayor. Pugh — who is to face Republican nominee Alan Walden and Green Party challenger Joshua Harris in the November — has repeatedly said she is focused on the general election.
Activist Hassan Giordano, a Dixon volunteer, said a group of concerned citizens is preparing to file a legal challenge in federal court involving at least two candidates for office.
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