Following up on my recent post Updated: Holderfield Petition Objection...

I just received an interesting press release from Ben Carlson, Democrat candidate for Champaign County Auditor...

Press Release December 16, 2011

For Immediate Release

On Tuesday, my campaign was informed that an objection had been filed against Stephanie Holderfield’s candidacy, due to the fact she signed one of my petition pages. No one asked us to remove any signature before filing our petitions. While we are pleased to have received support from both Democrats and Republicans–we feel we feel we must clarify– we have not helped nor are we helping the Holderfield campaign. We will cooperate fully with the Electoral Board and or Court if asked. This is an unfortunate situation and we hope it is resolved quickly.We are focused on the primary in March and enjoying the rest of the holidays]

News-Gazette 12-13:

ttp://www.news-gazette.com/news/politics-and-government/2011-12-13/holderfield-petitions-challenged.html

She said she is a longtime friend of Carlson's and signed his petition, then asked him to remove her name.

"I had asked him to cross my name off. He evidently got sidetracked and didn't get it done," Holderfield said.

WICD Interview:

http://www.wicd15.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/vid_4749.shtml

"Ben had helped me..."

In my previous post, I thought that it was strange that D and R primary opponents were helping each other out, but it appears that is not the case.

Updated: N-G Coverage http://www.news-gazette.com/news/politics-and-government/2011-12-17/holderfield-ballot-challenge-continued-jan-6-meeting.html