Wednesday, August 16, 2017

13th City Council race - Is Victor Ortiz Back on the Ballot?


   Since the posting last night on Facebook additional information has come in, and this is the latest update on the matter of Mr. Victor Ortiz returning as a candidate in the 13th city council Democratic primary.

  Mr. Victor Ortiz and I spoke last night where Mr. Ortiz said he was back on the ballot. I could not get in touch with the Marjorie Velazquez campaign at the time of the call, but have since then spoken to the Campaign Manager for Ms. Velazquez and had a further call to Mr. Victor Ortiz. 

Both sides in the matter have added information such as a Friday final decision which will be made on Mr. Ortiz's fate as a candidate or not. Both sides have clarified to a point the outcome of the  challenge to Mr. Ortiz's petition.

Mr. Ortiz said that his challenger was from the campaign of Marjorie Velazquez, and not a registered voter in the 13th council district.
Mr. Ortiz said that his challenger admitted to what he has said of not living in the district, but in another state where she is a registered voter.
Mr. Ortiz believes that he is back on the ballot after the decision is made on Friday.

After speaking with the campaign manager of the Marjorie Velazquez campaign there was some clarification from their point of view. 
They claim.
Mr. Ortiz's challenger did not say what Mr. Ortiz has said about her.
The challenger to Mr. Ortiz was a duly registered voter in the 13th city council district.
They believe that on Friday this matter will be finished with Mr. Ortiz not back on the ballot.

We should know the outcome of this matter tomorrow.

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