In May, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., submitted 245,000 signatures to be on the Texas ballot as an independent. On July 22 the Texas Democratic Party asserted that 70% of his signatures are invalid. The requirement is 113,151 signatures. The Texas Democratic Party statement did not say how they know that only 30% are valid. See this story.
They are lying!
SEPARATE IS NOT EQUAL —
ALSO IN TEXAS ???
“The Texas Democratic Party statement did not say how they know that only 30% are valid.”
I’m shocked, shocked I tell you!
They chose 70% invalid, because several secretaries of state have already rejected as anomalously many as 60-70% of signatures this election, so it’s the highest they think might get away with pushing for.
ONE VOTER NOM/ISSUE PET FORMS
The petition is public record, and can be compared with registration and voting records in the primaries. The only thing not available is the actual registration signature. According to an article in the D*MN linked to by the article in the Comical, Chad Dunn, attorney for the TDP sent a letter to the SOS claiming that 69% of signatures were invalid.
It is unknown why Dunn shared that letter exclusively with the D*MN.
Once the SOS completes their review (they’ve had the petitions for almost as long as the collection period) the TDP or RFKjr will challenge the determination by the SOS. The SOS has a ministerial duty to either place RFKjr on the ballot or reject his application.
If the SOS places RFKjr on the ballot, then the TDP can sue the SOS. If the SOS denies RFKjr, then he can sue the SOS.
If I were the RFKjr campaign, I would likely submit the raw petitions prior to review, unless there are some sheets which are completely bogus. If there were a couple of signatures that were duplicates or by non-registered voters, it would be more troublesome to white them out or cross them out or make notations.
Gilberto Hinojosa, chair of the TDP, is a yapping dog.
Note, the Secretary of State does not check all the signatures. They check a statistical sample, and determine if there’s a 95% likelihood the petition succeeded. They probably only have to check a few hundred signatures. (More if it’s a close call.)
The Democratic Party’s claim that Kennedy is “overwhelming the system” is silly.
DiBianca is a dirty scheming commie. His fraud at the LP convention was uncovered.
I’m glad to hear that Kennedy will be kept off the ballot in Texas. We don’t need any more Kennedy’s in Texas.
If checking petition signatures is “overwhelming the system”, the solution is to reduce the number of signatures. The SOS should decertify any election system that can not handle 15 candidates.
The only thing I care about is Trump winning. Trump is the answer to our problems.
JR posted:
If checking petition signatures is “overwhelming the system”, the solution is to reduce the number of signatures.
Yes, that’s certainly one solution.
Another, more profitable solution for the state would be to accept fees in place of signatures.
“The Texas Democratic Party statement did not say how they know that only 30% are valid.” BECAUSE THEY DON’T ACTUALLY KNOW. They’re just pulling it out of their ass. All they’re asserting is delusional BS
None of this would be a problem under the standing count.