Colorado GOP Caught Forging Signatures in Recall Effort (spoiler: dead people signed petition)
Above are three clips of video we were forwarded from yesterday's evening news in Colorado Springs, each detailing the claim by supporters of Sen. John Morse that a number of signatures submitted in support of his recall this September are fraudulent. As KOAA-TV reports:
One such name, Twila Peach, actually died two years ago. Her husband Ken says Twila was known by her middle name Sue, and he says she always signed her name Twila Sue.
"It upsets me that somebody would try to use her name for political gain," he said.
Another name is signed Allen Davidson, when the actual homeowner at the listed address named Alan Davidson.
"The least they could do is spell my name right," Davidson said. "That's sheer stupidity right there."
UPDATE: Recall opponents tell us that
Twila Sue Peach, whose name appears on the petition to recall Sen. John Morse but has in fact been dead for two years, was NOT invalidated by the (Republican) Secretary of State's office's screening of signatures. What questions does that raise about the validation process? Developing
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http://coloradopols.com/diary/46393/dead-voter-the-curious-case-of-twila-peach