Michigan election officials are reviewing a letter that requests an investigation into Democrat Abdul El-Sayed's eligibility to run for governor.
The state Bureau of Elections received a letter from Pamela Nelson last week. The DeWitt resident cited questions over whether El-Sayed will have been a registered and qualified Michigan voter for four years before the election. El-Sayed, one of three Democratic gubernatorial candidates, studied and worked in New York until moving back to Michigan in 2015.
Nelson says she filed the complaint so the issue is resolved before August's primary. The deadline to challenge a candidate's nominating petitions is Tuesday.
Spokesman Fred Woodhams says the elections bureau is reviewing the letter and "will decide what the next steps, if any, are."
El-Sayed has called the eligibility issue a "manufactured controversy."
