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Spitzer submits 27,000 signatures to make petition deadline

Originally published: July 11, 2013 9:41 PM
Updated: July 12, 2013 12:00 AM
By EMILY NGO AND MATTHEW CHAYES  emily.ngo@newsday.com,matthew.chayes@newsday.com

Former New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer speaks

Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Former New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer speaks to the media in Union Square as he gathers signatures to be a candidate for comptroller in Manhattan. (July 08, 2013)

Eliot Spitzer arrived at the Board of Elections headquarters in downtown Manhattan with four boxes late last night that he said contained petitions with more than 27,000 signatures, or more than seven times the number of ballot signatures needed to get him on the ballot for city comptroller.

"We have done this in the most meticulous way," Spitzer said in front of the election offices in lower...

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