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Jane Norton’s 35,000 signatures lets her petition on ballot

by | 3:41 pm, May 28, 2010 | 5 Comments

Given Jane Norton's relatively strong ground game, it's no surprise that she got 35,000 signatures on her petitions, twice the number she needs to get on the Aug. 10 primary ballot. This means that she's tested her organization, and it came through for her in 60 of 64 counties. Because Scott McInnis, Dan Maes and Ken Buck went the state assembly route to the ballot, they can't be sure that their ground team, paid and volunteer, is ready for the big time.
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  1.   Brian Wilson
      May 28th, 2010 @ 4:57 pm

    Your analysis is incorrect, as usual. Jane “McCain” Norton used a paid firm to get TWO THIRDS of her signatures. This means she could not have gotten on the ballot just using her volunteers. I have been waiting for this post because it shows how Norton quite literally BOUGHT her spot on the ballot with LOBBYIST money from Washington, D.C. The assembly allowed Buck to pick up a lot of volunteers from those who are most passionate about getting the right people elected.

  2.   Griffin
      May 28th, 2010 @ 11:11 pm

    First off, your rhyming Jane with McCain is cute and all, but lets stick to facts for this post. There were 3500 total delegates at the state assembly. Norton got 35,000 signatures and used a volunteer organization to collect over 10,000 signatures in a few weeks. I wouldn’t say that could be done by a candidate no one was interested in voting for. Also, your point about cost. It’s clear you lack a basic understanding of this primary process. Do you know how much it costs to go through assembly? The amount of mail and town halls you hold with delegates, along with paying consultants to help run a statewide assembly campaign, ends up being virtually the same cost as petitioning on. If Buck played by the rules you’d see that fleshed out in FEC filing. Unfortunately, Buck is a shady, crooked candidate. It’s become widely known that Buck is planning on not funding his campaign through his transparent campaign budget, but rather have a few rich friends fund 527s that can do all his voter contact for him without any transparency.

  3.   Harry
      May 29th, 2010 @ 3:43 am

    Griffin:
    Let’s stick with the post, huh?
    The post, written by another delusional Norton collaborator states:
    This means that she’s tested her organization, and it came through for her in 60 of 64 counties. Because Scott McInnis, Dan Maes and Ken Buck went the state assembly route to the ballot, they can’t be sure that their ground team, paid and volunteer, is ready for the big time.
    Most of the petitions were obtained by a paid service.
    So I guess you could say that McJain has found a paid signature collection service that is ready for the big time, if you are going to use those terms, but what does it say to you when McJain does not feel that her team, paid and volunteer, could not do it themselves?
    The truth is McJain did not have enough support to get on the ballot the traditional way so she went around the assembly process and unless there was more fraud than expected will get on the ballot.
    Her campaign, starting with McJain, Joshin’ Josh and Cinamin Girl are not ready for prime time and if you have not been able to figure that out perhaps you believe that Jane is not the DC insider.

  4.   Donald Johnson
      May 30th, 2010 @ 1:13 pm

    Harry, I guess if you don’t like “McJain” you despise “McLang” Sias and believe in “WhinningBuckerrude”?

    The idea that finding a “Both ways Bob” handle for “HichenTax” and other people you don’t like will decide elections in 2010 strikes me as being wrong. Bob lost because he was a lousy candidate and was backed by Jim Dobson, not because the Democrats tagged him with a silly name.

  5.   Joe Gschwendtner Submits almost 17,000 Petition Signatures in Late Bid for GOP Governor’s Race: Joe G Would Face Maes and McInnis in Primary « Ex-Pat Ex-Lawyer
      May 30th, 2010 @ 4:48 pm

    [...] Norton, and treasurer hopeful Walker Stapleton, left greater margins for error. Norton turned in about 35,000 signatures and Stapleton delivered 27,000 to the Secretary of State for verification.  They also [...]

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