Nov 27, 2009 1:20 pm US/Central
Stroger Stays On Ballot As Brown Drops Challenge
CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) ―
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Cook County Board President Todd Stroger
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Cook County Board President Todd Stroger will stay on the ballot for the Feb. 2 Democratic primary election after rival Dorothy Brown's campaign dropped a challenge to Stroger's nominating petitions.
The embattled incumbent filed fewer signatures than his three challengers and it took him longer to collect them.
Brown, meanwhile, fended off charges that she had welfare recipients circulating her petitions as a work assignment through the "Earnfare" program. The Cook County electoral board ruled today that even if the allegations were true -– Brown denies them –- it's not the board's purview to review them, and the sworn statements alleging the fraud were not attached to the objection.
Some other challenges to Brown's petitions -– that they were not properly notarized, etc. -- remain on the table, but for the most part, Friday's ruling by the electoral board means all four Democratic candidates for County Board president will likely remain on the ballot.
The one white candidate, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District President Terry O'Brien, filed no challenges against any of the three African-American candidates -– Stroger, Clerk of the Cook County Circuit Court Dorothy Brown or Ald. Toni Preckwinkle (4th).
A group of African-American ministers encouraged Brown and Preckwinkle to get out of the race because they say African-American votes will split up, allowing a white candidate to win.
The "Concerned Clergy for a Better Chicagoland" plan to meet with Cook County Hospital CEO William Foley about proposed cuts to county medical services, then hold a news conference later Friday.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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