Posted on 06/07/2010 3:01:29 PM PDT by RaceBannon
Associated Press
AP Political Writer
June 7, 2010
HARTFORD, Conn.
Connecticut elections officials are investigating whether Weston businessman Peter Schiff violated state laws by using out-of-state workers to collect signatures to petition his way onto the Republican primary ballot for U.S. Senate.
In a complain obtained Monday by The Associated Press, James Bancroft, who said he was a founding member of the Hartford tea party group, claimed he was approached by a Schiff supporter outside a store in Newington last week and asked to sign a petition. Bancroft said he struck up a conversation with the worker, who said he was from Montana. Bancroft filed the complaint with the State Elections Enforcement Commission on Friday.
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[Peter Schiff admits on camera that he has ZERO money investigated in American corporations or industry. If Peter Schiff refuses to invest in American companies, how can Peter Schiff say he is helping Americans keep their jobs?]
Heck, I’m moving money out of the country too. America is not a great business investment right now.
James Bancroft, who said he was a founding member of the Hartford tea party group, claimed he was approached by a Schiff supporter outside a store in Newington last week and asked to sign a petition. Bancroft said he struck up a conversation with the worker, who said he was from Montana. Bancroft filed the complaint with the State Elections Enforcement Commission on Friday.Thanks, RaceBannon.
Who is going to force me to be gay?
What universe do you live in?
The economy of this country is crashing, and one of the few people who understood this in 2006 is running for Senate from the state of Connecticut.
Yet you have no problem with having the wife of a drug dealer win the Republican nomination and lose to another rat.
You’d rather starve in the streets when the dollar collapses
“The law is an ass” (which is, I believe, a quote by someone famous).
While someone who is NOT a Connecticut resident should incur civil penalties for signing a petition meant for “Connecticut” voters, and their signature should not count as valid, against a required number of valid signatures, the residences of the workers conducting the effort should not matter (they are usually paid workers, not merely “volunteers”) - just the residence of the petition signers.
If, on principles, Schiff is a good candidate, then the use of this technicality would seem to be not bright, if it is being used for no better reason than that the claimants favored someone else on the ballot.
How can anybody trust libertarians when their favorite
“son” loads up legislation that he knows will pass and
gives out the pork while giggling “I voted against it.”?
There are things outside of economics like culture for example some thing that Libertarians miss mostly.
You do good work.
Well you can go support the right wing statists and expand government even further.
I’ll continue to fight for liberty
Thanx for digging this all up. Shame on those who excuse breaking the law to win.
From someone knowledgeable on this
“All of the out-of-state petitioners had an in-state Republican witness with them as the law says. The campaign has spent thousands of dollars making sure there was a witness with each out-of-state and/or non-Republican petitioner. I worked for three days as a witness. These allegations are ridiculous and they don’t understand the laws here. If they understood the law, they would mention something about the witness instead of make assumptions. This is obviously a political move as you said and it won’t go anywhere.”
Hoo-boy, am I glad I don’t live in Connecticut.
You must be Richard Blumenthal.
The *&^%*ng state of CT is bankrupt beyond belief and Schiff is the only one talking about it. How was your service in Nam - Blumie?
One more time if you missed it
“All of the out-of-state petitioners had an in-state Republican witness with them as the law says. The campaign has spent thousands of dollars making sure there was a witness with each out-of-state and/or non-Republican petitioner. I worked for three days as a witness. These allegations are ridiculous and they don’t understand the laws here. If they understood the law, they would mention something about the witness instead of make assumptions. This is obviously a political move as you said and it won’t go anywhere.”
How so? Because he understands economics?
I guess it must be easy to go through life having no clue.
OK, and his father is in prison, something about against taxes. Didn't know a little of the other but have watched just about every video he's got out there.
You have proof he lost his driver's license? And for what?
I just liked the guy, good speaker, his demeanor, seems like a decent guy, quick thinking, not going to enact legislation but trying to get some rolled back. We'll have to see what happens then.
When this one naiton UNDER GOD turns away from the immutable laws of God, including the murder of the innocents, we will not be rewarded with a good economy.
It all goes hand in hand. my FRiend
Good job!
These Paulbots only stand for their own perverted form of liberty and stand side by side with the traitors of CodePink and the fascist gay rights movement, etc...
All the best as you move forward with this!
So lets work to have someone even more Godless, Linda MacMahon, who has funded many liberal causes, go up against someone who won’t even consider the conservative perspective in Bluementhal
This is the height of idiocy, trying to de-rail the candidacy of someone who has advocated rolling back government for years, before it was seen as cool by FR
The rinos are petrified of schiff as are the left wing marxists.
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