(MPRN-Lansing) Michigan elections officials say there’s nothing in the law to prevent former state Representatives Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat from running for their old jobs.
Gamrat and Courser both filed to run in special elections after she was expelled by a two-thirds vote of the state House, and he quit as he was about to be removed. The two Tea Party Republicans were embroiled in a sex-and-cover-up scandal.
Republican Speaker Kevin Cotter says House leaders are now looking at whether they can refuse to seat either of them if one or both are reelected.
“So we’re going to do our homework first and then those decisions are going to be made at some point in the future.”
Gamrat and Courser, who both face crowded primaries, say it should be up to voters to decide whether they’re fit to serve.
