Only eight of 20 At-Large contenders turned in nominating petitions on time yesterday to get on the April 23 ballot.

David Schwartzman. Dorothy Douglas. Natale Stracuzzi. Nelson Rimensnyder. Eugene Kinlow. These names are amongst the 1,417 that Interim D.C. Councilmember Sekou Biddle says fellow candidate Bryan Weaver improperly collected in his attempt to get on the ballot for the April 26 At-Large special election. Weaver not only disagrees, but contends that Biddle’s challenges of his nominating petitions ensnared hundreds of legitimate D.C. voters and were filed as part of an attempt to bury his small campaign staff in the painstaking work of verifying the names, addresses and signatures of the 3,478 people that signed his nominating petitions.

In February, Ward 1 resident Maria Cardona signed a nominating petition to get Bryan Weaver on the ballot for the April 26 At-Large Special Election. According to Interim Councilmember Sekou Biddle’s campaign, however, Cardona is one of 1,417 questionable signatures on Weaver’s petitions.

But she’s also Weaver’s wife.