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LiberalFighter

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43. Not the way it has been handled in Indiana.

Sun Feb 4, 2024, 12:22 PM

Feb 2024

Campaign staff along with county parties handle it. And they have access to voter database either with the state party or the state voter data.

In this case they should have gotten more than enough signatures in either Elkhart or St Joseph counties for the district.

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Democratic presidential candidate Dean Phillips is under criminal investigation by state police in Indiana [View all] applegrove Feb 2024 OP

What happened to him? Buns_of_Fire Feb 2024 #1

Too much time looking in the wrong mirror? Hubris of the disaffected? Too many people whispering in his ear? Ford_Prefect Feb 2024 #2

Maybe he got an offer ($$$) he couldn't refuse. tanyev Feb 2024 #10

I've often believed a somewhat intelligent, and unscrupulous person RandomNumbers Feb 2024 #13

The lede is misleading. Scruffy1 Feb 2024 #3

I'm not sure many people resent him. More it's just he's a pointless joke who has atrracted a bad crowd LymphocyteLover Feb 2024 #6

I do resent him dsc Feb 2024 #8

Oh, I didn't see that. What did he say? LymphocyteLover Feb 2024 #21

It is his entire campaign dsc Feb 2024 #33

It is not pointless. This guy trashed Biden on the Weekend today. Demsrule86 Feb 2024 #17

Yes. I don't know if Phillips is intending to hurt Biden or is just being used by people who want to damage Biden LymphocyteLover Feb 2024 #20

He knows what he is doing. Demsrule86 Feb 2024 #27

He is my congressman. I resent him. edisdead Feb 2024 #35

"Wild that Dean Phillips has essentially quit being a congressman and.." Cha Feb 2024 #48

He has missed 89% of the votes. Demsrule86 Feb 2024 #49

OK! I stand corrected! Probably did not have enough coffee in me when I made my post! LymphocyteLover Feb 2024 #53

Or he is being paid by the right to trash Biden. W Demsrule86 Feb 2024 #14

It doesn't matter if it was contractors; he's still responsible. yardwork Feb 2024 #22

Just because he can doesn't mean he should. comradebillyboy Feb 2024 #34

I doubt 'coronation' and 'wide popular support' are the same thing Torchlight Feb 2024 #50

anyone who cant get the number of sigs required isnt fit for office. mopinko Feb 2024 #4

My sentiments too! PortTack Feb 2024 #7

pretty widely held by anyone who's ever walked the walk. mopinko Feb 2024 #9

And they got rejected by the loyalest of loyal Democrats. yardwork Feb 2024 #25

I do too. Demsrule86 Feb 2024 #28

It is not that difficult in Indiana to get 500 valid signatures. LiberalFighter Feb 2024 #41

yeah, the number made me gag. mopinko Feb 2024 #42

dont mess with Joe! samnsara Feb 2024 #5

What does that mean? former9thward Feb 2024 #11

I think it means look at last nights results. edisdead Feb 2024 #36

I don't think so. former9thward Feb 2024 #44

Huh edisdead Feb 2024 #54

The headline is clickbait BS. former9thward Feb 2024 #12

19 out of 530 were good. (according to the OP) RandomNumbers Feb 2024 #15

Many of these signature gathering companies are very shady. former9thward Feb 2024 #18

I'm pretty sure our county party and/or major candidates do their own review RandomNumbers Feb 2024 #19

See mopinko's post above. Getting enough valid signatures is step one. yardwork Feb 2024 #23

I believe in democracy. former9thward Feb 2024 #26

I don't have an informed opinion on that. yardwork Feb 2024 #31

this isn't a particularly high one dsc Feb 2024 #37

Have you ever tried to get signatures in the middle of a Midwest winter? former9thward Feb 2024 #45

He could have, and frankly should have dsc Feb 2024 #51

Not the way it has been handled in Indiana. LiberalFighter Feb 2024 #43

No, the county party is not going to give data bases to Phillips. former9thward Feb 2024 #46

Having access does not mean they are in possession of the voter database. LiberalFighter Feb 2024 #47

Dean phillips has no reason to stay on the ballot. I saw him on the Demsrule86 Feb 2024 #16

He's not showing up to vote?! yardwork Feb 2024 #24

Obama missed 80% of the votes in the Senate when he was running. former9thward Feb 2024 #29

Thank you for this reminder of how unfairly Hillary Clinton was treated. yardwork Feb 2024 #30

She was in the Senate as well and missed a ton of votes dsc Feb 2024 #38

That's not what I was referencing. yardwork Feb 2024 #39

Clickbait sucks, but false headlines are fucked up. Beakybird Feb 2024 #32

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2024 #40

They might as well; they aren't stopping speeders. Captain Zero Feb 2024 #52