Comments on: Carole Strayhorn Displays 115,000 Signatures In Court http://www.ballot-access.org/2006/05/01/carole-strayhorn-displays-115000-signatures-in-court/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:30:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=1381 By: Brad http://www.ballot-access.org/2006/05/01/carole-strayhorn-displays-115000-signatures-in-court/comment-page-1/#comment-3432 Brad Tue, 02 May 2006 14:22:24 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/2006/05/01/carole-strayhorn-displays-115000-signatures-in-court/#comment-3432 Statistical sampling should be used to validate for voter registration and whether the signer voted in a primary/run-off primary, but the problem happens when comparing Strayhorn's signatures against Kinky Friedman's petition signatures to see if any signed both petitions (which is disallowed). It will be interesting to see her validation rate, i.e. were the petition signers 1) registered voters 2)who didn't vote in the primary/run-off primary of either Republican or Democratic party and 3) didn't sign Kinky Friedman's petition. I personally witnessed some of her paid petition circulators and the ones I saw did not ask any of the questions above. I think she will have a low rate of valid petition signatures, but with so many to turn in she should make it over the hurdle. Statistical sampling should be used to validate for voter registration and whether the signer voted in a primary/run-off primary, but the problem happens when comparing Strayhorn’s signatures against Kinky Friedman’s petition signatures to see if any signed both petitions (which is disallowed).

It will be interesting to see her validation rate, i.e. were the petition signers 1) registered voters 2)who didn’t vote in the primary/run-off primary of either Republican or Democratic party and 3) didn’t sign Kinky Friedman’s petition. I personally witnessed some of her paid petition circulators and the ones I saw did not ask any of the questions above. I think she will have a low rate of valid petition signatures, but with so many to turn in she should make it over the hurdle.

]]>