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Posted on 07/07/2008 4:27:38 PM PDT by wagglebee
Royal Oak, MI (LifeNews.com) -- Elections officials in Oakland County have certified that assisted suicide crusader Jack Kevorkian has submitted enough signatures on petitions to qualify for the November ballot as an independent candidate. The certification comes on the heels of a victim's son confronting him.
Joe Rozell, the elections director in Oakland County, said on Monday that her office verified 3,200 signatures on petitions requesting his candidacy to appear on the November ballot.
Kevorkian needed at least 3,000 to qualify to take on pro-life Rep. Joe Knollenberg and his main opponent, former Lottery Commissioner Gary Peters, a Democrat.
All three are seeking the Michigan's 9th Congressional district seat in the November election.
Kevorkian has admitted to killing more than 130 people, including the televised death of Thomas Youk, netting him a 25-year prison sentence.
Democrats have targeted Knollenberg and Kevorkian's candidacy may have the effect of peeling some Democratic votes away.
During his race, Kevorkian will have to watch what he says because the terms of his parole, after serving just seven years of the sentence, prohibit him from advising people how to kill themselves. His parole officer will be monitoring the content of his speeches.
Michigan law doesn't prevent ex-convicts from running for office or from voting as is the case in some other states. Once their incarceration is complete, their legal rights, including becoming a candidate, are restored. However, Kevorkian is still on parole until June 2009.
Last month, Kevorkian claimed he was harassed by someone who appeared to be a family member of two of his assisted suicide victims.
A man Kevorkian approached reportedly indicated he would sign Kevorkian's petition and then drew a large "X" across the entire page.
The man is said to have told Kevorkian that he killed his parents and that he could kill Kevorkian.
The retired pathologist, know as "Doctor Death" reported the incident to Royal Oak police.
Kevorkian was released from prison last year on parole after spending eight years behind bars in the intentional killing of Thomas Youk in 1998. Youk's euthanasia death was shown on national television and Kevorkian was convicted of second-degree murder.
Kevorkian hasn't said much about assisted suicide during his campaign, but has instead focused on his anti-government views.
''You've been trained to obey it, not fight it because the tyrant doesn't like that,'' Kevorkian said, according to an AP report.
"I have no ties, no fetters. I am free," the former pathologist added, saying he is beholden to no so-called special interests.
And to think, the culture of death claims that Dr. Death's victims and their families were grateful for the murders.
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Well, THIS campaign’ll be a circus!
I guess he got better.
Yep, that was the excuse and then a couple months later he was booked on the pro-death speaking circuit. He seems fine now, I think he should go back and complete his sentence.
Wait a minute. Isn’t he a convicted felon? Is he eligible to run?
Sorry. Didn’t read closely enough. But even so, WTF?????
I don’t think he’s eligible to VOTE, but I am unaware of any law that would prohibit him from serving in Congress.
He couldn’t vote in an election but if elected he could vote on legislation? Totally FUBAR!!!
Totally FUBAR is par for the course with the left, especially the culture of death.
Isn’t he only out of prison because he was supposed to be dying?
What’s taking so long? He forget how to turn on his death machines?
I thought so too. Oh well, if he loses the election, he can always be an actor. His performance to the parole board must have been outstanding.
He's qualified. Afterall, 99.9% of them are criminals too.
when is this effer going to inhale some of his own gas and go away?
Let him campaign with barack mcgovern who supports letting abortion survivors die a cruel lonely death from neglect. kevorkian is the perfect democrat candidate. He should be able to speak in Denver. He is all the rat loves death, gloom surrender and despair.
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