Court stays order removing McGinty from ballot

URBANA – On-again, off-again county board candidate Brendan McGinty may be on the Feb. 5 primary ballot – again.

The Fourth District Appellate Court on Friday stayed Champaign County Judge Tom Difanis' order to remove the Urbana Democrat, an incumbent, from the ballot because his petition pages were misnumbered.

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