LANSING, Mich (WLMI)  The State Board of Canvassers officially removed U.S. Representative Thaddeus McCotter from the August 7th primary ballot.  The ten-year Congressman had filed petitions with more than the required one-thousand signatures last month.  However, officials found that only 244 of those signatures were valid.  An investigation into the fraudulent petitions is being done by the Michigan Attorney General's office.