| In a surprising development, The Buffalo News reports today that the party Jack Davis created to assure himself a spot on the November ballot will not be on the November ballot after all.
The reason Davis' Save Jobs and Farms Party was kicked off the ballot was due to his failure to file paperwork accepting the party's nomination. Therefore, all of his signatures are void and the party was removed from the general election ballot.
"The state board commissioners voted today to determine that the . . . petitions of Mr. Davis are invalid," Brehm said. "The reason was the failure to timely file an acceptance by the candidate, which is required by state Election Law."
Davis, an Akron millionaire who has vowed to spend $3 million of his money on the race, has until next Wednesday to go to court to appeal the decision.
Brehm indicated, however, that the ruling was an easy one on the part of the board.
"I don't see how we can waive a statutory requirement," he said.
Davis' campaign manager, Luke Vaughn, attributed the problem to "a clerical error" and said the campaign is trying to find out how it happened.
"We'll be exploring all possible options" to try to get the Save Jobs and Farms Party back on the ballot, Vaughn said.
"Regardless of how many lines Jack has on the ballot, he's going to win, because he's the only candidate who will stand up to the special interests," Vaughn said.
The whole reason for the creation of this line was to assure Davis was on the November ballot. Davis provided the excuse before that you need a major party AND minor party line to win. Now Vaughn is saying that Jack is going to win anyway. I doubt it. The timing of this party being created (a day before the deadline) shows that they wanted something to make sure they were on the ballot in November.
Of course, if I was paying my TV/direct mail hitman hundreds of thousands of dollars, I'd want to make it to November too. |
