On August 27, the Georgia Secretary of State acknowledged that Michelle Conlon does have enough signatures to qualify for the ballot as an independent candidate for the State House, district 80. The law requires a petition of 5% of the number of registered voters. In July, Conlon was told that she only had 976 valid signatures. Now, however, the state agrees that she has 1,075 valid signatures. The requirement in the 80th district is 1,027.
Conlon is backed by the state Democratic Party. The incumbent in this district, Mike Jacobs, had been elected as a Democrat in 2006, but he switched to the Republican Party in 2007. Democrats were naturally eager to win the seat back, but the candidate who had been expected to win the Democratic primary this year was disqualified because of evidence that he was not a resident of the district. Thus, if the independent petition had not succeeded, the voters would have been left with only one candidate on the November ballot. Thanks to Kyle Bennett for this news.
when was the last time an independent was on the ballot in Georgia?
On the average, there is about one independent on the Georgia ballot for State House in every election.
VETS Party stalwart Lee ////// gave up the ghost and went GOP!
VETS party does have a guy in Alaska running for Federal House, but under the Independent/ Decline to State lable.
Can someone else verify that these signatures are valid other than the SOS? It just seems to me that since there is a case presently before the courts, Cofield case, it would help the SOS side if someone qualifies. Just seems fishy.