Former Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas will be back in court Monday after the Westchester Board of Elections invalidated his nominating petitions in the race for city comptroller.
The board ruled Friday that Thomas did not qualify for the June 22 Democratic primary after upholding most of the challenges to the signatures his campaign collected to get on the ballot.
Thomas submitted 1.002 signatures, far more than the 300 he needed. But two district leaders, John Carlo Bautista and Norina Clowney, challenged 744 and 791 of the signatures, respectively. The challenges alleged a variety of violations, from signers not being registered Democrats as required to illegible signatures.