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Recall drive against GOP state Rep. Paul Scott turns in enough signatures; Snyder recall effort continues
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Aug 05, 2011 07:20pm |
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| News Date | Friday, August 5, 2011 10:30:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | While recall campaigns are proceeding against more than two dozen state legislators and Gov. Rick Snyder, only one campaign — against state Rep. Paul Scott, R-Grand Blanc — filed enough signatures by Friday’s deadline to possibly get on the November ballot.
The organizers of the drive against Scott filed 12,200 signatures with the Secretary of State Friday, nearly 2,600 more than what is required to get on the ballot. The extra signatures provide a cushion if some of the names aren’t found to be valid registered voters in the district.
“That language clarity hearing was just two weeks ago,” said Doug Pratt, spokesman for the Michigan Education Association, which has provided funding for the recall drive. “Getting that many signatures in such a short amount of time is monumental.”
But Scott characterized the recall campaign as being spearheaded by outside special interests who just want to overturn the will of the voters in his southern Genesee County district.
“Lansing special interest group have picked a fight and have put our community in the cross hairs,” he said. “We look forward to carrying our message of making sure government lives within its means.” |
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