Only Four Candidates To Appear On Congressional District 2 Special Election Ballot
CARSON CITY – Secretary of State Ross Miller said today the Sept. 13 ballot for the special election in Congressional District 2 to pick a replacement for Dean Heller will have only four names.
Miller made the announcement after the Nevada Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court decision saying that Democrat and Republican party officials would pick their candidates to fill the vacancy created with Heller’s appointment to the U.S. Senate earlier this year.
When filing for the office closed June 30, multiple Democrats and Republicans had filed for the seat. But the court ruling eliminated all except the two picked by their respective parties.
Republicans have picked former state party chairman and former state Sen. Mark Amodei as their official nominee. Democrats have selected state Treasurer Kate Marshall as their official candidate.
In addition to the two major party candidates, Miller informed Nevada’s 17 county clerks and registrars that Independent American Tim Fasano, who was designated by his party’s state executive committee, will also appear on the ballot. The fourth candidate is Independent Helmuth Lehmann, who qualified for the ballot by collecting the required 100 signatures from registered voters in Congressional District 2.
County elections officials were not able to validate the required number of signatures submitted by three individuals who had filed as Independent candidates: Earl Ammerman IV and Christopher Simon, both of Washoe County, and Roland Lee of Lyon County.
The deadline to submit petitions of candidacy (signatures) for Independent candidates and candidates from minor parties with no ballot access was May 18th , and the period for filing declarations of candidacy closed June 30th pursuant to court order.
Heller was selected to fill the vacancy created with the resignation of U.S. Sen. John Ensign.
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