DETROIT — Two Republican candidates for governor who have been knocked off the ballot because of a gush of alleged petition forgeries have asked the Michigan Supreme Court to immediately hear their cases and intervene to put their names on the August primary ballot.
Businessman Perry Johnson of Bloomfield Hills filed his motion late Wednesday night to appeal a ruling from the state Court of Appeals. Early Thursday morning, another GOP candidate, Donna Brandenburg of Byron Center, asked the state's high court to order that her name be put on the ballot, according to court documents.
"This is it," Johnson's attorneys wrote in their submission. "Without relief in this court, Mr. Johnson will not be on the ballot this August and every single one of the over 15,000 voters who validly signed a petition to place him on the ballot will be denied their candidate."
