Michigan city council member, former council candidate to stand trial in election forgery case [View all]

A Saginaw City Council member and a former city council candidate will stand trial for allegedly attempting to get the candidate's name on the ballot with fraudulent signatures.

According to the Michigan Attorney General's office, city council member Monique Lamar-Silvia, 64, and former candidate Eric Eggleston, 53, were charged in January with one count of conspiracy to do a legal act in an illegal manner and one count of election law forgery.

Lamar-Silvia was also charged with one count of signing a nominating petition with multiple names and one count of signing a nominating petition with a name other than her own. Eggleston was also charged with signing a nominating petition as a circulator when he was not the circulator.

A pretrial date has not yet been set.




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