![]() ![]() Two instances where the wrong town was correct, according to the campaign Nine instances where the wrong address was correct, according to the campaign The campaign said the responses were to issues including the following:įour signatures that were never objected toĢ3 instances where signatures were thrown out due to a reason other than objectionġ4 instances where signatures were thrown out because the election board said they were not part of the Republican party, though Hennesy said the campaign provided their registration number No signatures were restored following a hearing with the election board. Hennessy said his campaign had submitted 156 responses to signatures they felt should be restored. “Let the voters decide, but you have to follow the law,” Picente said. Picente said Hennessy “should know better,” as he has run for office numerous times in the past. On Wednesday, May 10, Hennessy accused Picente of having a role in the signatures’ denial. More: Oneida County executive race: Anthony Picente to run for fifth term Picente response He was appointed to the job in 2006 to fill out the term of former County Executive Joseph Griffo after Griffo was elected to the state Senate. Picente, the incumbent Republican, is the 13th county executive and the longest serving in the county’s history. ![]() “The Democratic Party become too liberal,” Hennessy said. ![]() The former legislator said he left the Democratic party earlier this year and is now a Republican. He ran as an independent Democrat against Picente and was not endorsed by the Oneida County Democratic Committee. Hennessy served three terms on the Oneida County Board of Legislators from 2005 to 2011. If Hennessy – who is also looking to get on the Independent line – can get onto the Republican line, it would likely signal a primary against Picente, who was officially nominated by Republicans a few months ago. Hennessy ran against Picente in 2019 for Oneida County executive. Former Oneida County Legislator Michael Hennessy spoke in downtown Utica on Wednesday, about filing a lawsuit seeking to get on the Republican line in the race for county executive, after the Oneida County Board of Elections found he did not have enough signatures to make it on. ![]()
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