This Patch story says Kanye West’s campaign paid circulators $10 per signature, in Illinois. As far as is known, Illinois is the only state in which West has filed a ballot access petition. It has been challenged and it may take a few weeks to adjudicate that challenge.
Great article. I’ll be sending the Livas brothers my resume in the morning.
He almost certainly paid more than $10 pee signature, because they also hired a mercenary petition coordinator who got paid an override off of each signature, and they may have paid out some expense money for petition circulators (motels, travel, rental cars).
There’s no way he’ll get on in Missouri. 10,000 signatures in two days is unheard of.
Do we have any idea how many states he is currently collecting petitions for? My understanding is that the majority of the states are going to have their petitions due in the next two weeks.
Hard to tell from the article if they contracted directly with him and hired others or were the street level petitioners the newspaper happened to run into. My guess is the latter but not clear.
If he’s trying to get on in West Virginia and paying that kind of coin, I would love to sign up. The deadline is a week from tomorrow. Needs 7131 valid. Hell, I wouldn’t sleep.
Richard forgot in OP that he also failed in South Carolina. I think the other failure in Florida was never submitted. The only state where he hasn’t failed is Oklahoma, which was filing fee only. If he succeeds anywhere else I’ll be surprised.
Go for the gold Jeffrey. Pitch him 20.00, or 25.00, he’ll probably pay.
No amount of money could get me to petition for a Democrat, Republican, or other candidate that is or serves the ultra-wealthy, but I gladly petition for the Green Party for free out of principle/support for the cause when needed. Although I can see why some folks would become ballot access petition mercenaries in this country. The money is good for skilled petitioners, and money is what rules this country unfortunately.
ONE person sig forms –
snail mail junk ads
paper media
internet
drone drops – no litter please
They hired a petition coordinator from the mercenary petition circuit, and the coordinator hired the petition circulators. I would not be surprised if the real price Kanye paid was $15 or $20 per signature.
There could have been more than one layer of petition coordinators as well, and in they could have hired a coordinator who them subcontracted to another coordinator, who then hired the petition circulators.
Demo rep, it doesn’t work. Goes in the trash. Petitioning is done the way it is because it works, not because anything else people have thought of has not been tried, many times.
I wouldn’t be surprised if it was $50 or $100. Petition business is dirty with a lot of greedy scam artists and crooks. Especially up the chain. And politics business and politicians. Scum, worse than criminals.
THE Ted Bundy —
back from Hell ???
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Bundy
ATTN: MORONS/TROLLS — at least pick living morons/trolls to impersonate — Trump, Biden, etc.
@ Gacy, in an “emergency” situation resulting from poor (late) planning, money motivates and “greed is good.” To guard against scammers, simply number the sheets and only pay them for validated signatures. Like I said before, for crazy money, sleep and food would be secondary. Could probably get double the production from experienced petitioners.
LOL Jeff, you missed my point. The people shoveling invalid signatures are a thin slice of the greed. The multi levels of coordinators each taking half or more of the pie they get up front, playing validity and other games to chisel the people they hire out of a chunk of the rest, and a good part of the time just running off with the money and stiffing people. That’s a much bigger slice of the greed and scams. The further up the chain of the petition business you go the worse the greed and scams get. When you get up to the world of politicians, lobbyists and big money interests it’s another level of worse. Trust me, I am in hell with Satan now, and we have nothing on all that stuff.
Demo rep, no, I’m still here in hell with my main man John Wayne. Gacy, that is. Yes, we have internet here now. 666-G, baby. Now that we’re past the awkward A/S/L intro stuff, pay attention to what I said.
You said:
ONE person sig forms –
snail mail junk ads
paper media
internet
drone drops – no litter please
I said:
Demo rep, it doesn’t work. Goes in the trash. Petitioning is done the way it is because it works, not because anything else people have thought of has not been tried, many times.
Do you hear me now, Demo rep? Get it? Got it? You better get it while the getting is good. And evil is good, because without evil, how can you have any good?
Jeffrey,
” Like I said before, for crazy money, sleep and food would be secondary. Could probably get double the production from experienced petitioners.”
I hear ya man. The love of money is the root of all that is good. Greed is good, and sleep is for the weak. I was a big petitioner in my day. I filed so many petitions it would make your head spin. Everybody signs on the line when I ask them to sign. I shoot meth and don’t sleep for a month when I’m out getting signers, man.
It’s like the pens are magic. When I give one to a gal walking into a store, she always signs, man. It never fails. I feel like I can tell her to do anything. I mean anything. Sign her soul over to me, and her body, to anything I want, forever. Die for me, kill for me, rob and steal for me, squeal for me. Can you dig it? It’s a trip, man, real heavy and groovy and junk. You say you want a rEVILution? Well you better sign ’cause that’s the plan! Kanye feel it, jack?
Crazy money is the best kind of money, bro. I like my money like I like my women, the crazier the better. As long as it keeps me in meth, I don’t need sleep, or food, or showers. Just money, meth and signatures. To hell with the devil!
Charles is being too modest. Sure, he’s an amazing petitioner. The best I’ve ever seen. But he’s an even better coordinator. The man’s a legend. No one can motivate a team the way he can. No one. True story.
Pay NOOO attention to juvenile MORONS with their fake serial killer names.
Its good to have a ballot with alternative names and parties. The more the better.
Jt Bowles, my main man. Looks like your nazi party changed names to new order. I like it. Don’t forget I have a swastika on my forehead bro. I’m a fan. Let me know if you have some money for petitions or Nazi dope for my workers to sling or whatever. I got some Nazi lowrider short timer punks about ready to get paroled and hit the streets and they need jobs slinging petitions, man. They’re down for the cause if the money’s righteous. And I need them back in here soon so don’t keep them out too long.
Pay nooooo attention to juvenile fake name demo rep who is too stupid to notice the wisdom hidden in plain sight behind these real names.
Pay NOOO attention PUNK juveniles with their fake names — who can only parrott adults
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrot
Don’t be so hard on yourself and your fake name demo rep.