More fake petitions for Thaddeus McCotter discovered

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Source: Detroit Free Press

More fake petitions for Thaddeus McCotter discovered
August 16, 2012
By Kathleen Gray and Joe Swickard
Detroit Free Press Staff Writers


The staff of former U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter evidently had some practice dummying up petitions in order to get their boss on the ballot.

A review of the nominating petitions turned in for McCotter's elections from 2002 through 2012 shows he did not have enough signatures to qualify to run in at least the 2008, 2010 and 2012 elections. The skullduggery wasn't detected until this year, when a part-time staffer for the Secretary of State found that of the more than 1,800 signatures turned in by the McCotter campaign for 2012, only 244 were valid.

McCotter's spokesman, Randall Thompson, did not return calls seeking comment on the latest revelations in the scandal that led to McCotter's resignation from Congress in July.

The petitions from McCotter's previous campaigns surfaced this week from Mark Grebner, president of Practical Political Consulting, one of the premier developers of voting lists for political candidates. As part of compiling such lists, the East Lansing company uses voting records and nominating petitions and had McCotter's going back to his first run for Congress, in 2002.


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When GOPers worry about voter fraud, it's because they're into it big time!

[louis-t]

1. Any government benefits he gets should be immediately suspended.

Seems his entire political career was fraudulent.

[dmr]

2. Makes me wonder how many others have commited this fraud.

Agree with the poster above about suspending his benefits.

[allan01]

3. re: More fake petitions for Thaddeus McCotter discovered

i agree with posters 1 and 2 . heres your voter fraud people .

[Evasporque]

4. that is election fraud...not voter fraud....nt

[Angry Dragon]

5. Jail time, lose all benefits, have to return all monies paid to him

You can not tell me that he knew nothing about this
if that is the case then he is a very poor manager of his former office

[Panasonic]

6. So invalidate ALL of McCotter's vote since he was elected.

I bet half of the laws would be reversed if McCotter's vote was lost.

[Historic NY]

7. I thought the grand jury was coming back last week..on him.

[Left Coast2020]

8. Yeah. Just like when the neo-cons rail against gay issues.....

...we find out later they have a secret lover somewhere. So yes. When they are against voter fraud, they are two-faced hipocrits. Assholes would be a more approiate term.

[Hubert Flottz]

9. "Voter Fraud" is okay, as long as it helps the GOP.

Whatever it takes "To Win"