CANTON – Former Assistant District Attorney David Haggard will not appear on the Democratic ballot after 132 of his 1,005 signatures were deemed invalid.

Haggard will still appear on the Working Families Party line.

Former Canton Judge James L. Monroe will be on the Democratic line and Franklin County Assistant District Attorney Gary Pasqua will be on the Conservative and Republican party lines.

Pasqua has also filed a petition with 165 signatures for the Independence party, but 88 have been challenged by his opponents. According to the Board of Elections officials, he would need 162 valid signatures to appear on that line in November. The validity of his signatures is expected to be determined Friday.

More than 130 of Haggard’s signatures were deemed invalid after an inspection by the board of elections. St. Lawrence County Board of Elections Jennie Bacon said the two main reasons signatures are typically deemed in valid is because they include people who are not registered for the party for which the petition was filed.

Although Haggard will not be on the Democratic line, there will still be a primary for the Working Party’s line and the Women’s equality line after opportunity to ballot petitions were filed. This filing means a primary will be held allowing for write-in candidates to be accepted.

All three candidates are hoping to replace and expected vacancy left by St. Lawrence County District Attorney Mary Rain, who said she will not seek reelection.