ROBICHAUD

Commissioners at the Board of Elections have bounced Rensselaer Judge Kathleen Robichaud off the county court judge ballot for an insufficient number of valid designating petitions.

According to the minutes of a meeting held this afternoon between Larry Bugbee and Ed McDonough, the Republican and Democratic commissioners, respectively, Robichaud failed to get the necessary number of petitions to run on the Democratic Party line and the Working Families Party lines.

Gina Kress objected to the Democratic petitions filed by Robichaud and Jessica Charette filed objections on Robichaud’s Working Families Party petitions.

Based on the commissioners’ decision, a number of Robichaud’s signatures were deemed invalid for reasons like the voter lived in the wrong town or city, signed another petition first or the voter was not properly enrolled in the proper party.

 According to Steve Green, a senior advisor to Robichaud’s camp, Robichaud plans to challenge the board’s decision. If she does, it will end up in front of a Supreme Court judge.

The other Democrats running for the Rensselaer County court seat being vacated by the retiring Judge Robert Jacon – Rensselaer City Court Judge Carmelo Laquiadara, Troy City Court Judge Chris Maier and attorney Brian Premo, have filed enough valid petitions to remain on the ballot for a three-way primary in September.