A County Circuit Court judge has ruled that office-seekers in Riviera Beach should not have paid their filing fee with a debit card.

Like a district court judge implied at a previous hearing, five different candidates for Riviera Beach city government were removed from the ballot.

Attorney Dedrick Straughn filed a lawsuit, claiming that the candidates used debit cards to pay their filing fees and that is against the law. The incumbent Mayor Ronnie Felder is one of the plaintiffs,

Five candidates named in the suit and one who filed the suit face removal; includes all three candidates for mayor.

Five candidates removed from ballot in upcoming Riviera Beach election