Justin McNeal, a South Dakota independent candidate for U.S. House, does not have enough valid signatures, according to this story. The requirement is 3,502 and he submitted approximately 5,000 signatures. But a random sample showed he did not have enough valid. The story says some of his signatures had errors related to the notarization.
“The story says some of his signatures had errors related to the notarization.”
If the state accepted filing fees, there would be no problem with “notarization.”
Likewise with standing count.
UPDATE: Convicted American Jewish spy Evan Gershkovich did not have to serve his full sentence of 16 years in a Russian penal colony. Instead, Putin released him 2 weeks after his sentencing as part of a massive “prisoner swap” between the US & Russia that freed over 2 dozen prisoners being held by the Russians.
John Taylor Bowles, it’s not relevant that he’s Jewish, the conviction was kangaroo court, and many other people were freed so why single him out?
“a random sample showed he did not have enough valid”
Random… yeah, sure… Definitely not meticulously selected.
@OK @AR
Putin talked openly to Tucker Carlson about negotiations to exchange of Evan Gershkovich for Vadim Krasikov back in February. Gershkovich had already been convicted at that time, and not by a kangaroo court but by a proper court the likes of which are unknown in the United States:
Tucker Carlson: I appreciate all the time you’ve given us. I just want to ask you one last question and it’s about someone who is very famous in the United States, probably not here. Evan Gershkovich who is the Wall Street Journal reporter, he is 32 and he’s been in prison for almost a year. This is a huge story in the United States and I just want to ask you directly without getting into details of your version of what happened, if as a sign of your decency you’ll be willing to release him to us and we’ll bring him back to the United States?
Vladimir Putin: We have done so many gestures of goodwill out of decency that I think we have run out of them. We have never seen anyone reciprocate to us in a similar manner. However, in theory, we can say that we do not rule out that we can do that if our partners take reciprocal steps.
When I say “partners,” I, first of all, refer to special services. Special services are in contact with one another, they are talking about the matter in question. There is no taboo to settle the issue. We are willing to solve it, but there are certain terms being discussed via special services channels. I believe an agreement can be reached.
Tucker Carlson: So, typically, I mean, this stuff has happened for, obviously, centuries. One country catches other spy within its borders and trades it for one of its own intel guys in other country. I think what makes it, and it’s not my business, but what makes it different is that this guy is obviously not a spy, he is a kid, and maybe he was breaking a law in some way but he is not a superspy, and everybody knows that and he has been held hostage and exchange, which is true, with respect, it’s true and everyone knows it’s true. So maybe he is in a different category, maybe it’s not fair to ask for somebody else in exchange for letting him out. Maybe it degrades Russia to do that.
Vladimir Putin: You know, you can give different interpretations to what constitutes a “spy,” but there are certain things provided by law. If a person gets secret information, and does that in a conspiratorial manner, then this is qualified as espionage. And that is exactly what he was doing. He was receiving classified, confidential information, and he did it covertly. Maybe he had been implicated in that, someone could have dragged him into that, maybe he did that out of carelessness, or on his own initiative. Considering the sheer facts, this is qualified as espionage. The fact has been proven, as he was caught red-handed when he was receiving this information. If it had been some far-fetched excuse, some fabrication, something not proven, it would have been a different story then. But he was caught red-handed when he was secretly getting confidential information. What is it, then?
Tucker Carlson: But are you suggesting he was working for the US government or NATO? Or he was just a reporter who was given material he wasn’t supposed to have? Those seem like very different, very different things.
Vladimir Putin: I don’t know who he was working for. But I would like to reiterate that getting classified information in secret is called espionage, and he was working for the US special services, some other agencies. I don’t think that he was working for Monaco, as Monaco is hardly interested in getting that information. It is up to the special services to come to an agreement. Some groundwork has been laid. There are people who, in our view, are not connected with special services.
Let me tell you a story about a person serving a sentence in an allied country of the US. That person, due to patriotic sentiments, eliminated a bandit in one of the European capitals. During the events in the Caucasus, do you know what he [bandit] was doing? I don’t want to say that, but I will do it anyway. He was laying our soldiers, taken prisoner, on the road and then he drove his car over their heads. What kind of a person is that? Can he be even called a human? But there was a patriot who eliminated him in one of the European capitals. Whether he did that of his own volition or not, that is a different question.
Tucker Carlson: Evan Gershkovich, that’s a completely different, I mean, this is a thirty-two year old newspaper reporter.
Vladimir Putin: He committed something different.
Tucker Carlson: He is just a journalist.
Vladimir Putin: He is not just a journalist, I reiterate, he is a journalist who was secretly getting confidential information.
Yes, it is different, but still, I am talking about other people who are essentially controlled by the US authorities wherever they are serving a sentence. There is an ongoing dialogue between the special services. This has to be resolved in a calm, responsible and professional manner. They are keeping in touch, so let them do their work.
I do not rule out that the person you referred to, Mr. Gershkovich, may return to his homeland. By the end of the day, it does not make any sense to keep him in prison in Russia. We want the US special services to think about how they can contribute to achieving the goals our special services are pursuing. We are ready to talk. Moreover, the talks are underway, and there have been many successful examples of these talks crowned with success. Probably this is going to be crowned with success as well, but we have to come to an agreement.
Tucker Carlson: I hope you’ll let him out. Mr. President, thank you!
Vladimir Putin: I also want him to return to his homeland at last. I am absolutely sincere. But let me say once again, the dialogue continues. The more public we render things of this nature, the more difficult it becomes to resolve them. Everything has to be done in a calm manner.
McNeal needed 3502 valid from 5000 submitted signatures. That is 70%. It is said that he was 120 short based on a sample.
So he had 67.6% in the sample. If the sample was 500, he had 338 in the sample rather than an expected 350. That is too small a sample. If it was that close they should do a full count.
@Nunya,
What do you know about Yabloko candidates being disqualified in St. Petersburg?
@Jim Riley
Not a thing, to tell you the truth. This is the first time I hear about it. And a quick search around reveals no mention of it in any of my usual Russian sources.
How is it relevant whether Gershkovich is Jewish?
WHAT USA MORONS- ESP IN PRIVATE SECTOR, ARE GOING TO RUSSIA, RED CHINA, NK , IRAN, ETC FOR ANY REASON ???
TAKE YOUR EMERGENCY MEDS, ETC AS THE KILLERS/ENSLAVERS MAY MAKE YOU A HOSTAGE — TO TRADE FOR SUCH REGIME’S KILLERS / SPIES IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION.
Russia is much more civilized than USA.
WHAT NATION HAS HAD THE HIGHEST DEATH PERCENTAGE RATE IN RECORDED HISTORY FROM WARS / CIVIL WARS / KILLER TYRANT REGIMES
RUSSIA ???
MANY EUROPE / ASIA REGIMES ON LIST ???
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PR
APPV
TOTSOP
Natural selection at work.