Lansing — An attorney working on behalf of Republican gubernatorial candidate James Craig labeled claims the former Detroit police chief submitted thousands of fraudulent petition signatures "troubling" but said they weren't enough to keep him off the ballot.
"Despite the potential efforts of a group of circulators to defraud the campaign, it is our belief that the petition remains valid," lawyer Edward Greim wrote. "That is because most of the technical challenges fail, and a signature comparison will likely show that the circulators did not write in a sufficient number of false signatures to erase the comfortable cushion of supporters amassed by the campaign."
Greim of Missouri made the comments in a Monday filing with the Michigan Bureau of Elections. His seven-page letter was meant to serve as a formal response to two high-profile challenges against Craig's petition signatures.
The deadline for such responses was 5 p.m. Friday. The Bureau of Elections will share the information about the missed deadline with the Board of State Canvassers, and the board will decide whether to accept it, said Tracy Wimmer, spokeswoman for the Secretary of State's office.
Craig, whom some see as the front runner in the 10-candidate race for the GOP nomination for governor, turned in about 21,000 signatures on April 18. Candidates need 15,000 valid signatures to make the ballot.
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