[tricky_k_1972]

County Clerk Bob Delaney said he had never seen the type of incompetence exhibited on petitions in his 14 years on the election board. "I respect anybody's right to run.. but why don't you follow the same rules that I have to as a Democratic candidate

[Houghton M.]

Yeah, but he’s not a candidate. He’s the clerk in charge of putting candidates on the ballot. I suppose he meant “back when I was a candidate?” Obscure but clear enough, I suppose.