GOP Candidates Manning-Martin, Walsh Ruled Ineligible for Primary Ballots

GOP candidates Manning-Martin, Walsh ruled ineligible for primary ballots

BOSTON — After holding hearings on signature fraud complaints, the State Ballot Law Commission ruled late Friday that lieutenant governor candidate Anne Manning-Martin and Michael Walsh, who's running for attorney general, are ineligible to appear on September's primary ballot.

GOP Candidates Tossed from Ballot over Signature Forgery

Two Republican candidates for statewide office in Massachusetts, including the state party’s de facto nominee for attorney general, won’t appear on the September primary ballot after the commission that oversees ballots took issue with hundreds of nomination signatures they submitted, the Boston Globe reports.

Manning, Walsh Kicked Off Ballot – GOP statewide candidates ruled ineligible for primary ballots

NOTES BETWEEN PRINTED EDITIONS GOP statewide candidates ruled ineligible for primary ballots by Katie Castellani and Michael Norton Jun 26, 2026 BOSTON, June 26, 2026…..After holding hearings on signature fraud complaints, the Read More...

'Forgery' scandal eliminates two more Republicans as party struggles to field candidates

The Boston Globe reports Two Republican candidates for statewide office, including the state party’s de facto nominee for attorney general, won’t appear on the September primary ballot after the commission that oversees ballots took issue with hundreds of nomination signatures they submitted.The result comes as a shock considering President Donald Trump and his Republican Party’s purported war on voter fraud in what critics say is actually a plo…

Mass. Republicans caught up in a signature fraud controversy won’t be on September primary ballot, commission rules - The Boston Globe

The state Republican Party, already struggling to field candidates down-ballot, is now only officially challenging for three of the six statewide constitutional offices.

GOP Lt. Gov., AG candidates off ballot following State Ballot Law Commission ruling

Lt. Gov. and Attorney General candidates Anne Manning Martin and Michael Walsh will not appear on the ballot after a state commission ruled they did not submit the required amount of signatures.