Saturday, February 18, 2006

Cutting It Close

Charlie Wilson turned in at least 43 invalid signatures out of the 96 he filed in his campaign to replace Ted Strickland in the Ohio 6th Congressional District. They didn't happen to live in the district.

With seven signatures valid in Scioto County, 43 of his 46 signatures from Belmont County must be validated to make the ballot. That's pretty tight, and I would have to doubt that he is going to make it. Look for the republicans on the Belmont County Board of Elections to go over each signature with a fine tooth comb.

I consistently amazed at how often candidates screw up their petition drives. It is the most important aspect of any campaign, you can't win if you're not on the ballot. Yet, a lot of candidates from both parties seem to take a pretty lackadaisical attitude toward them.

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