Alabama: Candiate without enough petition signatures now sues for $20 million
The Montgomery Advertiser reports: A former mayoral candidate says he isn't filing a lawsuit to be allowed back into the campaign. The 29-year-old says he wants the money instead.
Willie D. Knight, who is asking for $20 million in damages, is contending that the Montgomery Election Center discriminated against young candidates during the two-week qualifying period.
All three candidates younger than 30 -- Knight, Byron Berry and Jamel Brown -- did not have the requisite 340 signatures on their petition because many of the petitioners either were not registered voters in Montgomery or had not updated their addresses. ...
Knight filed a four-page hand-written complaint on Friday. He included a copy of his petition, which is more than 60 pages. As of Tuesday, the case had not been assigned to a judge.
Knight alleges that the Montgomery Election Center staff members were negligent when they discredited certain petitioners. Some of the petitioners voted in the November general election, Knight claims. -- Former mayoral candidate sues for $20 million | montgomeryadvertiser.com | Montgomery Advertiser