2018-04-18 2900 signatures submitted - on the ballot -

[Coccxys]

Apparently achieved the signatures to get on the ballot. The crazy train keeps on rolling (until someone challenges all the fake and paid for signatures).

 

[Dorsia.Reservation]

I think this comment from the general thread is informative and relevant...

The Registrar of Voters in each municipality in the district has to certify the signatures of those who signed Flynt/Wu's ballot petition and claim to live in that registrar's municipality. The registrar will not certify the signatures of those who are not registered Democrats, those who signed with a fake name, those who listed an incorrect a dress, those who live outside the municipality, and so on.

The registrars will certify and report to the state the signatures that survive this scrutiny.

If the Massachusetts Democratic machine wants to keep Flynt/Wu off the ballot, those signatures are going to be examined with a microscope.

After that process is finished, Flynt/Wu's opponents can step forward and challenge signatures.

Also, as another poster has noted, the Massachusetts Secretary of State's office strongly recommends that candidates for the U.S. House submit 4,000 signatures if they want to be certain of surviving the vetting and challenge procedures. By submitting 2,900 signatures, Flynt/Wu still risks failing to make the primary ballot. If that happens -- and I hope it does -- the chimpout will be epic.

 

[AprilRains]

He's not on the ballot yet, despite what he claims. I suspect he will make it, if only because Frank is willing to spend the money, but the signatures have not been vetted.

Edit: ninja'd

 

[Marvin]

This is good. It's the right spot for an embarrassing loss.

 

[Jaded Optimist]

I'm sad she isnt using her signature where they dot the "i"s with ♡s.

 

[KerryDixon9]

I hope that the company that Frank bought the signatures from was a total scam and they've been taken for a few grand by Russian gangsters.

 

[:thinking:]

No matter what happens, the laughter will continue.

 

[break these cuffs]

Only 1100 below what was recommended at the last minute. Way to keep limping along with another half-assed effort. These achievements are like the reports I used to write on books I didn't read while waiting at the bus stop.

 

[James Howlett]

As much as I would like to see a chimp out after a single loss, part of me wouldn't mind seeing her win the election, and then chimp after every single bill she's a part of getting shot down.

 

[Graffiti canvas]

As much as I would like to see a chimp out after a single loss, part of me wouldn't mind seeing her win the election, and then chimp after every single bill she's a part of getting shot down.

I would want the win just so we can all watch the meltdown when Ol' Wu realizes that politics is nothing more than bullying on a national theater with professional actors.

 

[RP 520]

As much as I would like to see a chimp out after a single loss, part of me wouldn't mind seeing her win the election, and then chimp after every single bill she's a part of getting shot down.

Wu will have to compete with the other crazies in screeching like most of the Black Caucus.

 

[Cyber Bowling]

He's not on the ballot yet, despite what he claims. I suspect he will make it, if only because Frank is willing to spend the money, but the signatures have not been vetted.

Edit: ninja'd

I think it will come down to how many of the ones Warren obtained are usable. If they hired a legit company for the rest, I'm sure most of those ones are fine. All of the ones Warren collected seemed they like were from random people he assumed were Mass residents and registered democrats. There's also the possibility the company they hired isn't legit and seized on the last minute offer to gather signatures, but I'm not banking on that since, to the best of my knowledge, we don't know who the company is. Then again, the Wu's are good at fucking up even the most basic of tasks, so who knows.

 

[Very Honest Content]

Fair over under wager for how many man of the people Stephen Lynch's campaign challenges being set at 1500, sound about right?

 

[Kosher Dill]

Fair over under wager for how many man of the people Stephen Lynch's campaign challenges being set at 1500, sound about right?

I want him to challenge exactly enough to leave them at 1999.

 

[jace821]

I want him to challenge exactly enough to leave them at 1999.

Stephen Lynch won't even bother challenging Wu's signatures. If anyone does it will be the other fringe candidates.

 

[Kosher Dill]

Stephen Lynch won't even bother challenging Wu's signatures. If anyone does it will be the other fringe candidates.

The only other declared candidate seems to have even less of a campaign than the Wus. I think the Lynch campaign will have to handle it themselves - he probably can't get any local machine politicians to do it since the party's supposed to stay neutral in primaries.

 

[nets_awesome]

The only other declared candidate seems to have even less of a campaign than the Wus. I think the Lynch campaign will have to handle it themselves - he probably can't get any local machine politicians to do it since the party's supposed to stay neutral in primaries.

My guess is the other candidate is someone from the party running to split the vote. In plenty of other states (especially Chicago), incumbents have pals ready to run in the primary if they even think there’s a remote possibility they could lose.

 

[break these cuffs]

The only other declared candidate seems to have even less of a campaign than the Wus. I think the Lynch campaign will have to handle it themselves - he probably can't get any local machine politicians to do it since the party's supposed to stay neutral in primaries.

Is Voehl even running anymore? His FB is gone and his website isn't loading. His twitter has 2 tweets from the 15th. I think he's gone. Didn't get enough signatures maybe.

 

[KerryDixon9]

Is Voehl even running anymore? His FB is gone and his website isn't loading. His twitter has 2 tweets from the 15th. I think he's gone. Didn't get enough signatures maybe.

Voehl bought his signatures from the same company where Brianna bought hers, so he's still running.

 

[Jack Awful]

"Achievement Unlocked"
I can't wait to watch this campaign crash and burn.