The effort to show that the Connecticut Libertarian statewide petition has at least 7,500 valid signatures is making good headway. The state had initially said there were only 6,999 valid signatures, but it turns out that the state made an addition error. The correct sum should have been, and is now acknowledged to be, 7,279 signatures. In addition to that, it appears that 116 petition sheets were lost while they were in the custody of either the towns, or the state. Unfortunately the Barr campaign did not make photocopies of all the sheets. In addition to all that, the Libertarian activists who are still re-validating signatures are finding signatures that are valid, but which had been improperly invalidated. That work continues.
The state should acknowledge that they screwed up and put all candidate on that turn in petitions, Barr, McKinney, and Baldwin. Nader is all ready on.
This is a basic rule of ballot drive management:
ALWAYS PHOTOCOPY every sheet, every page, every signature, every document that you file with the State.
Also, get a reciept from the Sec of State, clerk or whoever at the time of filing for the number of sheets and the number of purported signatures being filed, date, time, and signature.
Richard,
Is it possible to earn ballot status in New Hampshire by getting enough votes for President?
I’m wondering if the Phillies campaign will hurt our chances for ballot status by dividing the vote?
CBttLP: No, it doesn’t count.