tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895867.post115453843751907187..comments2024-02-27T04:20:08.770-05:00Comments on A Big Fat Slob: PA Dems to Challenge Green Party PetitionsA Big Fat Slobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12643815117960627121noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895867.post-1154716343955708642006-08-04T13:32:00.000-05:002006-08-04T13:32:00.000-05:00How do I trackback this post to you?How do I trackback <A HREF="http://casadelogo.typepad.com/factesque/2006/08/i_wont_vote_for.html" REL="nofollow">this post</A> to you?eRobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05189252064595168859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895867.post-1154714695143046192006-08-04T13:04:00.000-05:002006-08-04T13:04:00.000-05:00It depends where you are in the state. In my area...It depends where you are in the state. In my area, it's very easy to get a sig tossed because people don't know where they live. Yardley is only good for "Yardley Boro" for instance. You must put Lower Makefield even if you give your mailing address as Morrisville and Yardley and NEVER as Lower Make. Same thing for Newtown and Newtown Township - and then there's Uppoer Makefield Township ... It's crazy.eRobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05189252064595168859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895867.post-1154656249398153582006-08-03T20:50:00.000-05:002006-08-03T20:50:00.000-05:00Astounding. You know, it si not brain surgery. I...Astounding. You know, it si not brain surgery. I've organized a lot of petition drives in my time and it takes about 40 minutes to adequately train a classroom full of reasonably sentient beings. <BR/><BR/>If there is fraud involved -- meaning people were misled about what they were signing, or the paid gatherers just flat out faked the signatures, then I don't have a problem with the challenge.<BR/><BR/>But if the Casey side is going to play politics, using the litigation to force the Greens to spend money that they don't have in order to knock them off the ballot (what Santorum did with Feahterman) then that's inappropriate IMHO.A Big Fat Slobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643815117960627121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895867.post-1154636971997745032006-08-03T15:29:00.000-05:002006-08-03T15:29:00.000-05:00Slob: I worked on the Democratic challenge to the...Slob: I worked on the Democratic challenge to the Nader petitions in 2004 (see post <A HREF="http://festersplace.blogspot.com/2004/08/pa-nader-challenge-update.html" REL="nofollow">here</A> and <A HREF="http://festersplace.blogspot.com/2004/08/nader-verification-effort-in.html" REL="nofollow">here</A> for details). <BR/><BR/>When I was going through the petitions, the validity and quality of signatures were crap. <BR/><BR/>I ended up issuing about 1.5 challenges per signature, and eyeballing it, I probably would have had a 50-60% knock-out rate by the judge even before we got to the registered voter screen as I did not have that information in front of me at that time.<BR/><BR/>I think that given the history of the Green Party in its signature gathering process, Dems assuming only a 33% knock-out rate are most likely massively overestimating Green competence.festerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01718756982251152390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895867.post-1154611508035532262006-08-03T08:25:00.000-05:002006-08-03T08:25:00.000-05:00My difficulty wqill be narrowing it down to five.My difficulty wqill be narrowing it down to five.A Big Fat Slobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643815117960627121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895867.post-1154576613952068702006-08-02T22:43:00.000-05:002006-08-02T22:43:00.000-05:00Brilliant.I tagged you. Please forgive me.Brilliant.<BR/><BR/>I <A HREF="http://casadelogo.typepad.com/factesque/2006/08/i_must_have_mad.html" REL="nofollow">tagged you</A>. Please forgive me.eRobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05189252064595168859noreply@blogger.com