Maryland’s highest court ruled Wednesday that a long-shot candidate for Prince George’s County executive does not qualify for the November ballot, affirming a lower court’s ruling.
The Supreme Court of Maryland heard arguments in the case Wednesday morning, and issued its ruling a few hours later.
Before the ruling, Tonya Sweat told WTOP she would run as a write-in candidate if the court ruled against her.
Sweat was attempting to get on the ballot as an unaffiliated candidate. To do that, she would have to present petitions with signatures of 6,531 registered county voters supporting her candidacy.
Last month, the county’s board of elections rejected more than 1,300 of the 6,743 signatures provided by her campaign, leaving Sweat more than 1,000 votes short of the number needed to get on the ballot.
Click here to read the rest of the article written by John Domen, WTOP over at Maryland Matters
