Young to be on NAACP ballot for Dec. 21 vote

Former state Sen. Larry Young's name will appear on the ballot next Thursday as a candidate for president of the Baltimore branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Nelson Rivers, the organization's national field director, said last night.

Young is challenging incumbent G. I. Johnson for the post.

The Nov. 21 election was overturned by Rivers because Young's name was missing from the ballot.

Johnson has said Young's name was not on the ballot because he was disqualified by the local nominating committee.

Johnson said that he was leading when the action was taken.

At a nomination meeting last night, Young "submitted valid petitions with signatures of members in good standing as required by the constitution of the NAACP, as did G. I. Johnson," Rivers said.