Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1959-08-27
Disqualified Candidates
Surprised, Irritated

QlSQ udllltu dS Cd1lulUdIGS
last week by the county
board of elections this week
expressed surprise and irri-
tation that they were not in
formed by the board earlier
of the technical requirements
Some of their comments
are as follows:
Mary e. Saxon
Mary E. Saxon said in re-
CARDS to the disqualification
of her petition for re cleo
ton as Huntsburg Township
Clerk that she was surpris-
ed to hear what had happen
ed as she had brought her
petition to the office of the
board of elections six days
before the dead line. where
it was looked over and Civ
en- the "okay." Then several
days later she was notified
that there was an error in
the notarization dates Simili-
ar to the fault of several 9TH
er of the rejected petitions.
Elsie DeGroft, the deputy
clerk of the board of cleo :
tions. said that the rule that
the circulatcr had to j G n
the petition at a certain time
was one passed last year
therefore If the particular no
tarization dates do not agree
the petition is invalidated
Mrs. Saxon was appointed
last January to fill the un-
expired term of Elizabeth Al
len, then the Clerk of Hunts
burg Twp.
Harold Hudachek
A technical error in the
form of notarization was the
reason Harold Hudachek,
running for Chardon board Of
education, was given for the
rejection of his petition.
Two petitions were circu-
lated; one which he circulat-
ed was submitted in proper
form, but the other one had
a different notarization date,
making it unacceptable.
Hudachek first got the id
ca of running when during a
discussion at Hambden boy
scout meeting the subject
came up regarding the. con-
ISOLATION of the Hambden and
Munson schools with t h e
Chardon school system. It
was thought by various per-
sons at the meeting t h t
Hambden and Munson were
entitled to have representa-
tives on the board. Huda-
chek. as a member of t h e
Hambden community, was
thought to be able to make
a good member. The space on
the forms for his committee
was filled in with the names
of persons from Hambden.
Hudachek has one child en-
tering the seventh grade at
Chardon jr. high school and
three children attending the
elementary school in Hamb-
den. According to him t h e
elections in two years could
very possibly see him run
ming again for the same pos
ition.
Levina Laraway
Levina Laraway, the i n :
cumbent Middlefield town :
ship Clerk Treasurer since
1854, received notice that her
petition for re election was
rejected because Of an error
in the notarization. that the
form had not been notarized
before it was circulated.
Her husband was the Clerk
Treasurer before her.
Robert Violin
Chardon board of education
There were two reasons fol
the rejection of his petition
to be nominated to fill one
of the three vacancies ir
the Chardon board of educa.
ton says Mr.. Violin. The frs
was that the secretary of the
Clerk of the board of elec
tions gave him the W o n
form to fill out. The one he
should have had should have
been an individual form in
! yolving one individual to rur
for one office, rather than
the group form required nun
ber of persons to fill all oper
Offices which he was given
The second mistake he ad
mits was his own when III
neglected to fill out all OF th'
form. having omitted t h e
names of a nominating com
mittee.
Mr.. Violin feels that both
mistakes were ones W h c
could have happened to any
!, body at any time and hold
no bitter feelings for h {
board of elections. he has
not dismissed the idea OF run
ming for a local office som
time in the future.
He said that he was not II
terested in filing an appeal
but does wonder what t h
case would be if did choos
Ia do so. The question bein