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DETROIT (AP) -- A campaign official says longtime Michigan Congressman John Conyers will appeal a decision that knocks him off the primary ballot in August. Conyers' campaign chairman Bert Johnson says the five-decade Democratic lawmaker from Detroit plans to file an appeal Friday with the Michigan Secretary of State. Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett ruled this week that he lacked enough signatures to appear on the Aug. 5 ballot because some petition circulators hadn't complied with state voter registration requirements. The expected filing comes a day after Conyers joined a federal lawsuit taking aim at the requirement that petition collectors be registered voters. The suit was filed against Garrett and Secretary of State Ruth Johnson by the American Civil Liberties Union's state chapter on behalf of two petition circulators and others.
DETROIT (AP) -- A campaign official says longtime Michigan Congressman John Conyers will appeal a decision that knocks him off the primary ballot in August. Conyers' campaign chairman Bert Johnson says the five-decade Democratic lawmaker from Detroit plans to file an appeal Friday with the Michigan Secretary of State. Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett ruled this week that he lacked enough signatures to appear on the Aug. 5 ballot because some petition circulators hadn't complied with state voter registration requirements. The expected filing comes a day after Conyers joined a federal lawsuit taking aim at the requirement that petition collectors be registered voters. The suit was filed against Garrett and Secretary of State Ruth Johnson by the American Civil Liberties Union's state chapter on behalf of two petition circulators and others.