GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Wednesday was the deadline for anyone interested in being Green Bay’s next Mayor to turn in paperwork.
8 candidates had their paperwork turned in by end of the day. City Clerk Kris Teske says the work for her department is now verifying the signatures.
“We go through the addresses and make sure that they are Green Bay residents.”
Teske added that anyone who is from Ashwaubenon or Howard are not eligible to sign, even though their mailing address is Green Bay.
Candidates themselves can challenge the legitimacy of other candidates signature list for the next three days, which could result in a candidate being found ineligible, but Teske says it hardly ever works that way.
“I have been here 13 years and I don’t remember seeing it.”
She explains what reasons a candidate would provide for launching a challenge.
“I think that person technically does not have the right amount of signatures so I am going to challenge that candidate.”
Teske will be pulling names from a hat to determine the order the candidates will be placed on the ballot.
All the candidates that are confirmed on the ballot will be able to participate in a Mayoral Forum that is put on by the League of Women Voters of Greater Green Bay.
That will take place next Wednesday at the Brown County Library. By 5:00pm Wednesday, 8 candidates turned in papers.
· Paul Boucher
· Patrick Buckley
· Patrick M. Evans
· Eric Genrich
· Joe Moore
· Nick Mortensen
· Mark Steuer
. Guy Zima
