Kevorkian Secures Signatures to Get on Michigan Ballot
PONTIAC, Mich. -- Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian has collected enough signatures to be on the November ballot as a congressional candidate in Michigan.
Associated Press
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
PONTIAC, Mich. -- Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian has collected enough signatures to be on the November ballot as a congressional candidate in Michigan.
Joe Rozell, director of elections for Oakland County, says Kevorkian had about 3,200 valid signatures. Kevorkian needed to collect 3,000.
The 80-year-old in March announced plans to run as an independent for the 9th Congressional District seat held by Republican Joe Knollenberg. Democrat Gary Peters, a former state lottery commissioner, also is in the race.
Kevorkian, nicknamed "Dr. Death," was released from prison last year after serving eight years for helping an Oakland County man with Lou Gehrig's disease die in 1998.
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