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Brian Calley, a Republican, wants to be governor of Michigan. So he and his family went to the secretary of state’s office in Lansing and turned in petition signatures to put Nancy Skinner on the ballot as a Democrat for Congress. Calley also turned in petition pages for fellow Republican Sandy Pensler, who’s seeking a Senate seat. No, this isn’t 4-D chess: Calley brought in boxes of signatures for his own candidacy, but mixed in were pages of signatures for other people. A campaign consultant blamed a petition circulator for the mixup, but said Calley still had more than 25,000 signatures; to get onto the ballot he needs 15,000 that stand up as valid. A state spokesman said any misfiled signatures would not count. (AC/Detroit News) ...Because whether pieces of paper are in the right boxes is more important than respecting the will of the voters who signed them.