Thursday, July 29, 2010

Update on 33rd State Senate Race

  Fernando Tirado was declared off the ballot for the 33rd State Senate today by the Board of Elections. The Board of Elections ruled that the challenge by Mr. Steve Balicer had placed Mr. Tirado's petition at 736 valid signatures when 1000 valid signatures were needed to be a candidate for state senate. It is not known at this time what Mr. Tirado is going to do, that being to try to validate his petition through the courts or wind up endorsing one of the other candidates in the 33rd State Senate race. 
   In other 33rd Senate District news, we received this from the Pedro Espada camp.
STATEMENT FROM DANIEL PAGANO, ELECTION LAW ATTORNEY FOR STATE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER PEDRO ESPADA, JR. WHO IS CHALLENGING THE PETITION SIGNATURES FILED BY GUSTAVO RIVERA
"Everyone seeking to be placed on the September Democratic primary ballot has a lawful obligation to submit valid petition signatures to the Board of Elections. Upon line-by-line scrutiny and review of Mr. Gustavo Rivera’s petitions, we have found considerable evidence that the petition signatures Mr. Rivera filed with the Board of Elections are invalid.   We respectfully believe these petitions do not meet the legal requirements” said Daniel Pagano, the election law attorney for State Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada, Jr. who is challenging Rivera’s petitions.
“Our challenge to his petitions is good government at work. If Mr. Rivera’s petition signatures can’t stand up to scrutiny and meet election law standards, then they are invalid, and he deserves to be removed from the ballot because he is not a valid candidate, ”  Pagano said.  

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