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Dem Front-Runner Disqualified for Ohio Ballot
GopUSA ^ | February 23, 2006 | Susan Jones

Posted on 02/23/2006 8:37:06 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran

Embarrassment: Dem Front-Runner Disqualified for Ohio Ballot By Susan Jones CNSNews.com Senior Editor February 23, 2006

(CNSNews.com) -- In what Republicans are calling a "high-profile gaffe," a Democrat running for Congress in Ohio's 6th Congressional District has been disqualified from running in the Democratic primary.

State Sen. Charlie Wilson failed to get the minimum number of petition signatures, election officials said on Wednesday.

To qualify for the May 2 primary ballot, Wilson needed 50 signatures of registered Democratic voters, and although he submitted 96 signatures a few days before the filing deadline, only 46 were found to be valid, elections officials said. (Many of the signatures were from Democrats who live outside the 6th District, press reports said.)

The Columbiana County Board of Elections' decision to disqualify him "represents a major setback for National Democrats in their efforts to hold on to one of the country's most vulnerable open seats," the National Republican Congressional Committee said.

"Charlie Wilson has proven he's either habitually careless, or simply doesn't believe he has to play by the same rules that every other Ohioan has to -- that he's above the law," said NRCC spokesman Ed Patru. "Either way, Charlie Wilson's actions are unacceptable for someone pursuing the public trust."

The NRCC said Wilson's disqualification is a "colossal failure" for Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rahm Emanuel, whose political action committee gave Wilson a $2,000 last fall.

"In addition, Rep. Emanuel has gone to great lengths to boast of his party's prospects in Ohio, saying as recently as this week that, 'Ohio is ground zero for voters who want real change from the status quo and ethical scandals in government,'" the NRCC noted.

"In good faith, I submitted more than enough valid signatures to the board of elections, so I am obviously disappointed with this decision today," Wilson said in a statement released Wednesday afternoon.

"I am exploring a number of options, and am confident that in November I will be on the ballot and I will win the privilege and responsibility of representing Ohio families in Congress."

Wilson could run as a write-in candidate or as an Independent in the May 2 primary election. Two other Democrats will appear on the ballot, but Wilson was considered the front-runner.

He is running for the seat now occupied by Rep. Ted Strickland, a Democrat who is running for Ohio governor.

On the Republican side, Chuck Blasdel, the Ohio House Speaker pro tempore, is expected to win his party's nomination in Ohio's 6th District.

Given Wilson's unexpected disqualification, Congressional Quarterly on Wednesday said it is changing its election forecast to "No Clear Favorite" from "Leans Democratic."

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Can we pick up this seat?
1 posted on 02/23/2006 8:37:07 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
"In good faith, I submitted more than enough valid signatures to the board of elections, so I am obviously disappointed with this decision today," Wilson said in a statement released Wednesday afternoon.

Maybe he didn't read the decision.

2 posted on 02/23/2006 8:44:21 AM PST by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: LS

LOL


3 posted on 02/23/2006 8:45:44 AM PST by shield (The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instructions.Pr 1:7)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

Careful, these are the people who could be running the House next year.


4 posted on 02/23/2006 8:46:52 AM PST by popdonnelly
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Howard Dean hired an incompetent campaign staff that can't even obtain a sufficient number of required signatures to get one of the party's candidates on the ballot. He really is a chimpanzee on speed.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

5 posted on 02/23/2006 8:47:18 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

We have the seat. The question is, can we hold it?


6 posted on 02/23/2006 8:48:27 AM PST by doug from upland (A dead body means a chance for Democrats to have another funeral-op)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
....I submitted more than enough valid signatures to the board of elections...

No, you didn't..............

7 posted on 02/23/2006 8:48:55 AM PST by Red Badger (And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him...)
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To: USNBandit
When Democrats break the law, they demand special treatment. Sheesh. Born losers!

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

8 posted on 02/23/2006 8:49:35 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
although he submitted 96 signatures a few days before the filing deadline, only 46 were found to be valid,

Ouch.
9 posted on 02/23/2006 8:49:55 AM PST by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

He should move to Washington State and run here. Voter fraud and election crimes are encouraged by both parties here. Anyone in serious doubt about this can read all about it at soundpolitics.org. Make sure you've waited a couple of hours after you've eaten, though.


10 posted on 02/23/2006 8:50:18 AM PST by RinaseaofDs (If stupidity were painful, liberals would be extinct)
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To: Red Badger
What kind of candidate doesn't check his submission form before turning it in? If this is an indication of the quality of Democratic candidates elsewhere, the party's much touted front-runner status may turn out to be nothing more than a misplaced hope.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

11 posted on 02/23/2006 8:52:09 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: doug from upland

Article says the Dems hold the seat now.


12 posted on 02/23/2006 8:52:29 AM PST by MarxSux
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To: RinaseaofDs

"He should move to Washington State"...Nah...Joysee....They REALLY know how to do it there...prison,ineligible..it don't count there.


13 posted on 02/23/2006 8:53:29 AM PST by litehaus
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To: cripplecreek
Much be the new Democrat math. (laughing harder)

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

14 posted on 02/23/2006 8:54:16 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: doug from upland

"He is running for the seat now occupied by Rep. Ted Strickland, a Democrat who is running for Ohio governor."

This was what I was going on.


15 posted on 02/23/2006 8:55:04 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (“Don't approach a Bull from the front, a Horse from the rear, or a Fool from any side.”)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
I'm amused we get to pick up a Democratic seat because the Dems are too stupid to tie their own shoelaces. I call that poetic justice!

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

16 posted on 02/23/2006 8:57:38 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

I think Independents require petitions and signatures too. Of course, he can be written in, but to have his name on the ballot, I think he needs signatures. And if memory serves me, I think he needs a lot more signatures to run as an independent than as a major party candidate.


17 posted on 02/23/2006 8:58:08 AM PST by anton
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To: USNBandit

Maybe he just doesn't know what the word "valid" means.

Like they said about the Dims, in the wake of Palm Beach in '00, "You live by the stupid, you die by the stupid!"


18 posted on 02/23/2006 8:59:16 AM PST by Redbob
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To: goldstategop

It was obviously a VRWC plot against him..........


19 posted on 02/23/2006 8:59:33 AM PST by Red Badger (And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him...)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran; MarxSux

Doh. You are right. I had better stick to California. :)


20 posted on 02/23/2006 8:59:38 AM PST by doug from upland (A dead body means a chance for Democrats to have another funeral-op)
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