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D.C. mayor seeks way onto ballot©Associated PressJuly 28, 2002 WASHINGTON -- Mayor Anthony Williams is considering how he can get around a decision by the District of Columbia's elections board to deny him a spot on the Democratic primary ballot. Actions under consideration include taking Friday night's decision of the Board of Elections and Ethics to the D.C. Court of Appeals, running a write-in campaign to win the Democratic primary or running as an independent in the November general election. If the mayor mounts a write-in campaign, he will have about a month to get his message to the voters. If he decides to run as an independent, his campaign would have to gather 3,000 legitimate signatures in the same time span. The mayor said he would announce a decision early this week. The campaign's lead attorney in the case, Vincent Mark J. Policy, accused the elections board of "a total abrogation of the law" in ruling unanimously that Williams lacked the required 2,000 valid signatures. The three-member board disqualified Williams even though the registrar of voters, Kathryn Fairley, announced that her review of the 10,240 signatures on the nominating petition came up with 2,235 signatures that seemed valid. The board wasn't confident the signatures were obtained appropriately, chairman Ben Wilson said.
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