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| By G. Michael Dobbs Managing Editor EAST LONGMEADOW East Longmeadow Selectman James Driscoll is exploring his legal options to seek a space on the Democratic primary election for the state representative seat for the 12th Hampden District. Driscoll was informed last week that he would not be on the ballot because he did not deliver a paper copy of an on-line receipt to the Secretary of State's office in downtown Springfield on-time. "I didn't fail to do anything, really," Driscoll told Reminder Publications. Driscoll said that he had turned in the bulk of his election papers a month ago and decided to complete his financial disclosure forms for the State Ethics Commission on-line. He was told he had to file the papers electronically by midnight on May 30. What he didn't initially realize is that he had to take a paper copy of the electronic receipt to an office of the Secretary of State by the time of the office's closing that day. He said that at 4:40 p.m. he received the receipt and was at the Secretary of State's office on Dwight Street in Springfield by 5:02 p.m. The office was closed and the next morning the staff there refused to accept the receipt. Driscoll said that he was not allowed to fax or e-mail the receipt. He added that he is not faulting the Secretary of State's office. "I followed the letter of the law. I'm not blaming anyone," he said. He is now considering running as a sticker candidate in the Democratic primary or as an independent in the general election. "It's not over by a long shot," he asserted. |