Opinion ID: 2445090
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: decision & order on 80c appeal

Text: The matter before the Court is an appeal by the Petitioner, Alex Hammer, pursuant to 5 M.R.S. §§ 11001-11008 and Rule 80C of the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, from a decision by the Respondent, Mathew Dunlap, Secretary of State, and the Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions (Bureau), declaring seventy of Hammer's non-party nomination petitions for the November 2, 2010 General Election for the Office of Governor invalid on account of purported failures to meet the certification requirements of 21-A M.R.S. § 354. As a consequence of the Division's decision, invalidating seventy of the non-party nomination petitions, the petitioner failed to acquire the minimum number of signatures requiredat least 4,000 and not more than 6,000to ensure his placement on the November 2010 ballot as a independent candidate for the Office of Governor. 21-A M.R.S. § 354(5)(A). Having reviewed the administrative record and the parties' filings, the Court denies Petitioner Hammer's administrative appeal.