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Marco Battaglia’s Ballot Battle | Des Moines News
Marco Battaglia, a Libertarian candidate running for Congress in Iowa, is fighting to stay on the ballot after being disqualified for using his professional name — “Marco Battaglia” — instead of his legal name, Mark T. Anderson. Despite winning over 262,000 votes in 2018 under the name Marco Battaglia, Iowa law now bars candidates from appearing on ballots under names other than their legal ones. Battaglia’s legal team is pushing for an urgent court review to get him reinstated before military and overseas ballots are mailed out on September 19, arguing voters deserve a full slate of choices…
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