Judge Won't Decide if Norwood's Signatures are Valid

A Fulton County Superior Court judge has refused to decide whether several thousand signatures endorsing Mary Norwood's candidacy for Fulton County commission chair are valid.

Now, Norwood will have to wait until the petition filing deadline on July 13 and let the Board of Registration and Elections decide.

The John Eaves campaign says 8,000 signatures are not valid because the word Fulton is typed instead of handwritten by signers.

Norwood must have 23,000 valid signatures to get on the November ballot. Her campaign is contacting people who signed the challenged petitions and is asking them to re-sign.

The following statement was issued by John Eaves:

”I am pleased with the Judge’s fair ruling. Our contention has been that the law in this case is very clear and that every candidate is equally bound to know that law and follow it.

”The Court iterated that principle very clearly, and I appreciate the judge's favorable consideration and fair application of the law.