LANSING — Wayne County Executive candidate Warren Evans is facing a legal issue regarding his residency. State law requires a 30 day residency to vote or be a candidate. Evans changed his address from Washtenaw County to Wayne County on April 21 and filed his candidacy for county executive the following day. Former Canton Township supervisor Thomas Yack is suing Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett and the election commission to remove Evans from the ballot. 

“Warren meets all the requirements to qualify him to run in the August 5 primary for Wayne County Executive,” said Evans’ campaign manager Richard Kaufman. “This is a meritless, desperate challenge that is being leveled against the frontrunner. All information regarding Warren’s residency in Wayne County has been known for months and they have waited until the eve of the election, after thousands of the voters have cast their ballots to make it. Wayne County residents should be offended by such backroom politics.”