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Fake signatures

DETROIT (CN) — A federal judge in Michigan denies an attempt by Perry Johnson, would-be Republican candidate for governor, to stop ballots from being printed without his name on them. A review of nominating signatures found that 40% of Johnson’s were forgeries, taking him below the required 15,000 signatures to get him on the ballot.

/ June 14, 2022
A man casts a ballot during early voting in Cleveland in March 2020. (Tony Dejak/AP)

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