Both Candidates Bryan Kennedy And Jim Sullivan For Milwaukee County Executive Will Remain On The Spring Election 2020 Ballot, The County Election Commission Ruled

Candidates Kennedy and Sullivan for Milwaukee County Executive will remain on the ballot, despite challenge by Lipscomb to remove them, the Milwaukee County Election Commission ruled.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

January 14, 2020

Milwaukee, WI - On Tuesday, a two member Milwaukee County Election Commission decided during a hearing to keep both Bryan Kennedy and Jim Sullivan who are running for Milwaukee County Executive on the Spring Election 2020 ballot. 

Tim Posnanski, the Chairman of the Milwaukee County Election Commission voted in two different motions to deny Lipscomb's challenge and a request to remove both Sullivan and Kennedy from the ballot. Also, Commission member Rick Baas voted to sustain Lipscomb's complaint and to remove the signatures from both candidates. Both motions failed allowing for Kennedy and Sullivan to remain on the Spring Election 2020 ballot.

Candidate for Milwaukee County Executive Theodore Lipscomb Sr. (current Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors Chairman) on Friday challenged the nomination papers circulated by three to four circulators that circulated nomination papers for both Kennedy and Sullivan including another candidate for Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley in violation of Wisconsin State Statues 12.13 (3)(a), which prohibits circulators from circulating nomination papers for more than one candidate for the same race.

According to Lipscomb's filed complaints (https://bit.ly/2tZXEK2), he alleged that nomination papers circulators Alisha Pettis, Lesa Trotter and Dominique Thomas circulated nomination papers for Crowley and then for Kennedy. Also Lipscomb alleged that Alisha Pettis, Lesa Trotter, Keith Pettis and Dominique Thomas circulated nomination papers for Crowley and then for Sullivan violating state election laws for certifying nomination papers.

Apparently, the circulators involved lied to the Kennedy and Sullivan campaigns that they had not circulated nomination papers for another candidate, when in fact they did, according to the Lipscomb, Kennedy and Sullivan campaigns.

Lipscomb told Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) that he will review the decision of the Election Commission to keep both Kennedy and Sullivan on the ballot and will decide in a few days whether to legally challenge their decision.

The County Election Commission also drew ballot positions during the hearing, Sullivan got 1st place, Kennedy got 5th place and Lipscomb got 6th place.