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BREAKING: Dorothy Brown does not have enough valid signatures to stay on the mayoral ballot, according to a preliminary summary report from the city's board of elections that I've obtained tonight 1/
There are 2 objections to Brown's petitions that are pending. The next hearings in those cases are scheduled for 430 pm and 5 pm on Friday, per the election board's website. 2/
But Brown is wasting no time in trying to rebut that case. She's called a news conference for 1030 am Thursday at the election board. 3/ 
Rivals Toni Preckwinkle and Willie Wilson are behind the challenges to Brown's petitions. And both are about to succeed, according to the documents I've obtained. 4/
This summary report shows Brown is 1,128 signatures short of the 12,500 that she needs to stay on the mayoral ballot. 5/
It's pages of nominating petitions like this one that have landed Brown in jeopardy of getting knocked off the ballot. 6/
And here is the election board's summary report from tonight on the other objection to her petitions - which also finds Brown falling short of the required signatures 7/
Brown campaign spox Emma Young says Brown had not been informed of all this: "The process is not done." 8/
