Elections

'Gloves are off': Gilbert candidates say challenge tries to disenfranchise voters

Gilbert Town Council candidates, from left, Kenny Buckland, Natalie DiBernardo and Noah Mundt have had some of the signatures on their nominating petitions challenged in an effort to disqualify them from the ballot. DiBernardo is running for mayor while Buckland and Mundt are running for open council member seats.

Courtesy Gilbert Chamber of Commerce

Three Gilbert Town Council candidates who are having their nominating petition signatures challenged are firing back at the effort to disqualify them from the 2024 ballot.

Mayoral candidate Natalie DiBernardo and council candidate Noah Mundt said the challenges represented an effort to disenfranchise voters while council candidate Kenny Buckland said it was “political games.” All three said they are confident their signatures will stand.

Gilbert resident Michael Webb pulled the signatures from the Gilbert Town Clerk’s office, then filed suit in Maricopa County Superior Court challenging whether those candidates had the required 1,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot.

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