Plymouth Township Challengers Want State Election Oversight

Kurt Heise, Jerry Vorva claim township clerk “manipulated the election process to ensure … advantage.”

Plymouth, MI — Two Republican challengers for top Plymouth Township offices have asked state elections officials to oversee or perhaps even conduct next month’s primary.

Current state Rep. Kurt Heise, who is challenging Supervisor Shannon Price for the top township position, and Jerry Vorva, who is challenging Nancy Conzelman in the clerk’s race, asked for the oversight “for the sake of free and fair elections,” The Plymouth Observer reports.

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In a letter to Secretary of State Ruth Johnson, Heise and Vorva said Conzelman “has demonstrated that she is incapable of fairly and impartially administering an election.”

Johnson’s office is reviewing the request. The Observer said Conzelman did not return phone calls requesting comment.

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