[EL] 3 Republican presidential candidates prefer to pay $5, 000 to getting 296 signatures

[Vince Leibowitz]

Where do they come up with the idea of 296 valid signatures? Is that the
percentage of a particular previous turnout in another election, as it is
in some states, or is that just an arbitrary number?

V

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Richard Winger <richardwinger at yahoo.com>wrote:

>
> http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/01/05/newt-gingrich-ron-paul-and-rick-perry-all-pay-5000-extra-instead-of-getting-296-valid-signatures-in-d-c/
>
> I think this behavior shows how onerous even a small petition requirement
> can be.
>
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