Car-crashing grope denier could get onto Senate ballot
By adamg - Thu, 10/22/2009 - 8:10am.
The Herald reports Jack E. Robinson filed 10,900 signatures at the last minute to get onto the Republican ballot for the special Senate election. As long as 10,000 of those signatures - which the Herald says he spent $100,000 to collect - are valid, he'll face off against Swearin' Scott Brown in the primary.
Ever the optimists, Red Mass. Group explains why this will actually help Brown win the final election.
Speaking of Brown, the Herald reports the ex-Cosmo model is married to an ex-"murderous, bikini-clad vixen" from a Digney Fignus video, or, in other words, Channel 5 reporter Gail Huff.
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Galluccio is running for
Galluccio is running for Senate?
Will sigs stand up?
It'll be interesting to see if enough of his signatures stand up. Most campaigns tell me they try to collect at least 150% of the required signatures because inevitably a lot of people are going to give you the wrong address, or not actually be registered, etc. But, I guess that's usually worse in district or neighborhood elections, where most people aren't sure if they're actually in the district where the candidate is running. This is statewide, so it might be easier.
Registered?
Do you have to be registered to vote to sign nominating papers? I thought you just had to be eligible to vote and live where you said that you did.
Oh no, registered to vote
Oh no, registered to vote because the people in town hall have to line those names up with voter lists. That is why you have to bring them to each town hall. There is no way for the registrar to know who is eligible to vote until they actually fill out a voter form.
I thought about this for a second after posting. What your thinking of is more in line with open enrollment where people can register on election day etc. Although I would imagine that people would still have to be registered to sign the forms otherwise you could just add 1,000 names and addresses at random.
You have to be registered in the party or as unenrolled
and you need to live in whatever city or town is written at the bottom of the sheet of paper you signed. Since this is a Republican primary, any signature by a registered Democrat is invalid, and I bet he got a bunch of those.
The Herald story makes no sense
or else Jack E. Robinson is Doing It Wrong, because you have to file the petitions separately with each city and town clerk, not bring all 10,900 of them to Duxbury.
Also, how likely is it that 92% of the collected signatures are valid?
Read the comments over at Red Mass. Group.
gail huff
the girl with the curious hand?
I don't know, but I know whom to ask
Let's ask Channel 4!