Politics | Jack Kevorkian Kevorkian's Congressional Bid Advances 'Dr Death' gets enough signatures to be on Michigan ballot By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Jul 8, 2008 8:38 AM CDT Copied Dr. Jack Kevorkian is shown during an interview with Mike Wallace at a Battle Creek, Mich. hotel, Friday, June 1, 2007. (AP Photo/CBS) Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian has collected enough signatures to be on the November ballot as a congressional candidate in Michigan. The Oakland County elections director says Kevorkian had about 3,200 valid signatures—about 200 more than needed. The 80-year-old in March announced plans to run as an independent for the 9th Congressional District seat held by Republican Joe Knollenberg. Kevorkian, nicknamed "Dr. Death," was released from prison last year after serving eight years for helping an Oakland County man with Lou Gehrig's disease die in 1998. Read These Next Isolated tribe members show up in an unexpected place. Details trickle out on 2 more victims of the Minneapolis shooting. One key to Telsa's huge court loss: a hacker in Starbucks. The Air Force has changed its tune on Ashli Babbitt. Report an error