A hearing is scheduled to decide whether Republican Congressman Cory Mills will be removed from the primary ballot in Florida’s 7th Congressional District. The dispute centers around a notary problem with Mills’ candidate documents, which were signed and stamped in Washington, D.C., instead of in Florida as required by state law.
Background
Mills’ Republican primary opponent, Michael Johnson, filed a lawsuit alleging that Mills improperly notarized his documents. According to Johnson, the documents were not signed by Mills in the presence of the notary, as required by Florida law.
The hearing is set for Friday at 4 p.m., and a decision is expected soon, as ballots for the August election need to be printed. This is not the first time Mills has faced controversy, as he was the subject of a House Ethics Committee investigation in 2025 regarding campaign finance laws, misuse of congressional resources, and allegations of sexual misconduct.
Original reporting: WESH Orlando — read the source article.
