Posted by Linda_in_MI on 8/18/11 8:52pm
Msg #394190

Be neat & pay attention to what you are doing

In case anyone works with petitions or elections . . . not that that is the only resource where neatness and attention to detail are needed:

"Of the 58 deemed invalid, 10 were because a notary public was unidentifiable by signature and the town was incorrectly listed as "Town of NH," six because a notary public wrote an illegible date ("The month appears to be August, but could be June or July"), one due to an altered date without initials, one due to a printed name, and one due to printed name and illegible date, according to court documents."

http://www.theislandnow.com/new_hyde_park/news/article_9033b356-c9ae-11e0-96bc-001cc4c03286.html

Reply by MikeC/NY on 8/19/11 5:20pm
Msg #394287

I'll go you one better than that....

Our local paper reported earlier this week that a town board candidate was thrown off the ballot by a judge "because he failed to ask those who signed his petitions to swear a required oath about their identities... Under election law, notaries must give an oath in which signers swear to their identity and that they are aware they are signing a candidate's petitions for office."

The candidate is also a notary, was notarizing the signatures on his own petitions (which kinda flies in the face of not notarizing a document in which you have a beneficial interest...), and either didn't know or didn't care that an oath was required. Over 1000 signatures tossed out. Oops...

I would post a link to the entire article, but the paper has gone to a subscription model and you would have to pay to see it...