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InvisibleBlack -> RE: Republican Election Fraud! (12/28/2011 8:18:15 PM)
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ORIGINAL: DarkSteven
Sorta. Despite the fact that he's the most ethically-challenged candidate, it seems like this isn't due to him deliberately committing fraud as much as his utter incompetence in creating a situation where it was very likely. He waited till the last minute to get signatures, hired a bunch of low level workers (I've heard rumors he paid by the signature but have not been able to confirm that) last minute and told them to work fast, and didn't check the signatures before submitting them. Newt is not known for being competent at actually accomplishing things, and his own incompetence bit him.
Oddly enough, the Virginia state laws state that if 15,000 signatures are collected, there will be no checking them for fraud. So if he had only gotten 3500 more signatures, he'd be on the ballot.
Yeah, I'd put this down more to incompetence than outright fraud. Based on my experiences getting signatures for local candidates, a certain number of signatures are going to be invalidated under any circumstances (they signed more than one candidate's ballot, they spelled their name wrong, etc. etc.) so you always want to get more than necessary and to get them early.
Trying to do it last minute in a rush on the cheap is pretty much begging for the majority of your signatures to get thrown out.
Oddly enough - running a nationwide election campaign isn't a bad indicator of possessing presidential skills. You need to pick the right team, get them to work together, organize a massive diverse effort across the entire country and do it in such a way that things get done in a timely and efficient manner in ways and in places which you cannot directly oversee.
If you can't handle this - how are you going to handle the Oval Office?
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