The Conyers family power struggle intensified Thursday as Ian Conyers, the great nephew of disgraced former Rep. John Conyers Jr., took steps to boot the ex-congressman’s son John Conyers III from the ballot in the race to replace him.

John Conyers III should be kicked from the ballot because he did not collect the requisite 1,000 valid signatures to run for his father’s old seat in Michigan’s 13th District, the formal challenge filed by an attorney for Ian Conyers asserts.

The challenge urges officials to throw out 617 of the 1,240 signatures on John Conyers III’s filing petition because because they came from people who live outside the 13th District; are not registered to vote; and had already signed the petition, The Detroit News reported.

“As is the standard process every election cycle, candidates can challenge petitions to ensure compliance with the spirit and letter of the law,” Ian Conyers, a state senator, told the newspaper.

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