Just 244 of 2,000 McCotter signatures valid, petition review finds

[kpete]

Source: Detroit News

Just 244 of 2,000 McCotter signatures valid, petition review finds

By Marisa Schultz
The Detroit News


Lansing— Rep. Thaddeus McCotter turned in 2,000 petition signatures to get on August primary ballot, but all except 244 have been deemed invalid because of rampant duplicated copies, the Michigan Secretary of State found.

A review by The Detroit News of the petition signatures found full copies of a sheet of signatures that were photocopied once and in some cases two times and mixed in with the 136-page stack of signatures. In some cases, a different petition circulator's name was signed to the duplicate copy.

The overt copying is "frankly unheard of"; said Chris Thomas, Michigan's director of elections, as he thumbed through the stack of petitions. "It's amazing when you sit and look, and it starts to dwell on you what they've done."

The Secretary of State's office has turned over its preliminary findings to the state Attorney General's office, which would take up a potential criminal investigation of violations of election law.





Read more: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120529/POLITICS01/205290388#ixzz1wHZF1XaO

[sharp_stick]

1. This is funny as hell

I for one will be happy to see the ass end of the career of good ol' Thad. He's always been a moron but by surrounding himself with uber morons like Louis Gomert and Joe Walsh he hasn't looked as idiotic as he really is.

[Woody Woodpecker]

2. At least it's one less Rethuglican

and trouble for Michigan Rethuglicans..

Hopefully every single Rethuglicans are removed the majority and into a permanent minority where they deserve.

[EC]

3. They should check his past petitions.

Evidentually he thought this would work, so I wonder if he's done it before and got away with it?

[BlueCaliDem]

18. That's exactly what my first thought was when I read this. eom

[SunSeeker]

4. Typical Republican. nt

[valerief]

22. Yes, it seems so typical. I'm amazed he got caught. I thought cheating didn't matter if you were R.

[Uncle Joe]

5. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[hedgehog]

6. Who is running against him fro the Republican nomination?

Here in NYS, if the party endorses you you're on the primary ballot automatically.

[gratuitous]

15. My understanding from Daily Kos

This leaves the only Republican on the ballot as some flaming Tea Bagger, but Michigan has very liberal write-in rules, so Thaddeus may not have lost his seat just because he won't be on the primary ballot.

But this will cause the Republicans to have to spend money on a race that looked like pretty clear sailing. And every dollar they spend fixing Cotter's blunder will be a dollar not spent on another race.

[progressoid]

7. Yeah, I saw this story on Fox News too.

NOT!

[jonthebru]

8. great name for a rock group

"rampant duplicated copies"

[longship]

9. Who gets the frog march?

That's the question. This seems to be a clear case of outright fraud.

[zbdent]

11. no doubt that somehow the "liberally-biased media" will tie this to ACORN ...

[zbdent]

10. most of the invalid ones using the same crayon?

[Renew Deal]

12. Lovely

How did they think they'd get away with it?

[bluesbassman]

13. Past experience would be my guess.

The hubris, it reeks.

[catbyte]

14. ROFLMAO

What a dumbass. Perhaps he should have paid his staff a little better.

Diane
Anishinaabe in MI & mom to Leo, Sophie, Taz & Nigel, members of Dogs Against Romney, Cat Division
"Dogs Aren't Luggage (even though we don't care for them)--HISS!”

[on point]

16. No wonder the pukes think voter fraud is rampant - They are the ones doing it!!

[Lochloosa]

17. Now this is VOTER FRAUD!

[tclambert]

19. When Republicans scream about voter fraud, they mean minorities and poor people getting to vote.

In reality, this is the kind of stuff that makes up much, much more of the fraud.

[Strelnikov_]

20. Dammit, Scott, you're fired.

Where the hell is Gary . . .

[tanyev]

21. Paging James O'Keefe!

Finally got a good rampant election fraud story for you to investigate!

[Lucky Luciano]

23. Fuck man, what a loser! I could probably get 2000 signatures! LOL! nt

[maddezmom]

24. Op-Ed- Oakland Co. GOP leaders unenthusiastic about McCotter candidacy

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"That's an unforgivable screw-up," said Patterson. "I don't even know how it happens. It really puts us in a difficult position."

The Oakland County GOP leadership was cool to McCotter even before the petition foul-up, saying he's spent too little time on their side of Eight Mile. Several leaders of the county party on Mackinac Island for the policy conference told me they felt McCotter's brief run for the presidency last fall was an unnecessary and expensive distraction. They had previously tried to recruit Trott to challenge McCotter, and are still looking at him as their 2014 candidate.

Trott said he changed his mind because "the timing is not right for me or my family."

Sources with the Oakland party say Trott felt two competing write-in campaigns would almost assure that neither would succeed.

more: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120530/OPINION03/205300342/Oakland-Co-GOP-leaders-unenthusiastic-about-McCotter-candidacy?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE
From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120530/OPINION03/205300342#ixzz1wMWEOt8M