Politics 101
Feb 22nd, 2006 at 1:50 pm by Susie
You always get at least double the amount you need, because petition signatures have to meet several standards (for instance, in most places, you have to sign it exactly the way it is on your voter registration and people either add or forget their middle initial). And now, because of this simple thing, we don’t have a Democratic candidate on the ballot against for the now-open seat of Ohio’s Bob Ney, the ethically-challenged congressman: I have no idea which seat I’m talking about:
WASHINGTON — Democrats thought they had a winner for the open congressional seat in southern and eastern Ohio, but he seems to have come up short on petition signatures — and he needed only 50.
That means he’ll have to run as a write-in candidate in the May primary or as an independent in the fall.
hmmm who was in charge of counting the signatures ?
I’m confused — what does this story have to do with Ney’s district?
I hope he does find a way to get on the ballot because it’s just not good when someone is unopposed and you don’t have that exchange of ideas. Granted you don’t get all that much exchange now with all the attack ads and such.
The chance for an exchange of ideas is also why contested primaries are good. In the same vain having to run as a write-in or as an independent might be good in that his name could get higher exposure from the extra effort of not automatically having the big D next to his name.
Ney’s district is the 18th, and he’s still running last I heard. The linked story is about the open 6th distict May primary.
There will be a Dem on the ballot in the fall, but maybe not the candidate that the party was backing.
It’s Ted Strickland’s district. He is running for Governor instead of re-election.