Some candidates for Oakland mayor omitted from ballot, allege city altered filing deadline

by Keith Burbank, Bay City News August 25, 2022August 23, 2022

Monesha "MJ" Carter was campaigning in the 2022 race for Oakland mayor until she says the city advanced the filing deadline by five days, leaving her no time to gather signatures she needed. (Photo courtesy of Monesha Carter for Oakland Mayor via Bay City News)

More than one person who was seeking to run for Oakland mayor this fall says the City Clerk’s office changed the deadline for filing at the last minute, leading to fewer candidates on the ballot.

Monesha “MJ” Carter said the deadline was originally Aug. 17. But just before 2 p.m. Aug. 12, Carter said she received a call informing her that the deadline was at the end of the day.

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Keith Burbank, Bay City News

Keith Burbank is currently a fulltime reporter covering Alameda County and Oakland news for Bay City News. He has also worked on the Data Points project for Local News Matters, finding trends and stories about the region through data. In 2019, he was a California Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, producing a series about homeless deaths in Santa Clara County. He worked as a swing shift editor for the newswire for several years as well. Outside of journalism, Keith enjoys computer programming, math, economics and music.

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