Three candidates who filed to run for the Macomb city council are having their nominating petitions challenged.
In one case, at large city council member Tammie Leigh Brown-Edwards filed a challenge to the paperwork submitted by A.J. Bauser. Brown-Edwards said it contains invalid signatures, the notary sections are blank, and the sheets are not numbered as required.
Bauser filed to run against Brown-Edwards.
The other candidate planning to run against Brown-Edwards, Don Wynn, had his petitions challenged by former McDonough County Voice Editor Michelle Langhout.
And in the third ward, new county board member Dana Walker is challenging the petitions submitted by Byron Oden-Shabazz.
In both of those cases, the complainants said the sheets are not numbered and stapled together as required.
The Municipal Election Board will review the challenges next week.
The board consists of Mayor Mike Inman, Clerk Melanie Falk, and the senior member of the city council, Dennis Moon.
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