[4rcane]

I never read about this stories in other elections. Why, all of a sudden, for this election I hear so many candidates having problem collecting signatures and getting on the ballot

[Gene Eric]

>> I never read about this stories in other elections

Ditto

[Greysard]

Why, all of a sudden, for this election I hear so many candidates having problem collecting signatures and getting on the ballot

If I were to guess, managerial skills of the current crop of candidates are deteriorating. Modern politics is largely done by personal contacts, phone calls, backroom deals. This particular test, however, is pure management and your own skills - like the old "trial by combat." You are being tested by the real world, and no phone call can help you.

I'm sure if I wanted I could have collected 11,000 signatures for myself. I'd have it planned, of course, and the deadline wouldn't be a complete surprise to me. Anyone who ever had to run a business a notch above a lemonade stand has to know how to plan things. That's a dying skill in this America.