Jeff Anderson, an independent candidate for U.S. House in Georgia’s 11th district this year, has announced that he will carry out a strong write-in campaign.  The state required him to collect 20,819 valid signatures.  He planned the petition two years in advance, and worked with diligence, and did collect 14,000 signatures.  That would have been enough to get him on the ballot in any U.S. House district in the nation, outside of North Carolina, Georgia, and perhaps a few overpopulated districts in Illinois and California.

Anderson’s decision to carry out a strong write-in campaign will help the ballot access reform movement in Georgia.  Elections officials dread strong write-in campaigns.  It costs more money and effort to tally write-in votes than to count votes for candidates whose names are printed on the ballot.  Anderson’s webpage is www.jeffanderson2010.com.  Thanks to Mary Norwood for this news.