Jack Kevorkian Will Be on Ballot for Seat in Congress
PONTIAC, MI (AP) -- Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian has collected enough signatures to be on the November ballot as a congressional candidate in Michigan.
Joe Rozell, director of elections for Oakland County, says Kevorkian had about 3,200 valid signatures. Kevorkian needed to collect 3,000.
The 80-year-old in March announced plans to run as an independent for the 9th Congressional District seat held by Republican Joe Knollenberg. Democrat Gary Peters, a former state lottery commissioner, also is in the race.
Kevorkian, nicknamed ``Dr. Death,'' was released from prison last year after serving eight years for helping an Oakland County man with Lou Gehrig's disease die in 1998.
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Joe Rozell, director of elections for Oakland County, says Kevorkian had about 3,200 valid signatures. Kevorkian needed to collect 3,000.
