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| Steve Christopher Issues Major Press Realease |
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For Immediate Release
Press Release From Conservatives for Steve Christopher
On February 18th at 12:29 PM, Steve Christopher submitted petitions containing approximately 2,750 signatures to the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office. The petitions were submitted to place Christopher on the Republican Primary
Steve Christopher has been running a grassroots campaign with the support of many conservative organizations. Christopher’s goal was to defeat Mike DeWine and give Ohioans a non-political voice in the Attorney General’s Office. On Friday, March 5th, 2010, Christopher’s campaign started receiving phone calls and emails requesting comment that the Secretary of State’s Office disqualified his petitions for failure to obtain enough valid signatures. Apparently, the Secretary of State’s Office issued a press release containing work logs. These work logs showed that Steve Christopher had only submitted 788 total signatures, of which 638 were found to be valid. Since a total of 1,000 signatures were required to be placed on the ballot, Christopher’s petitions were disqualified. On Monday, March 8, 2010, confirmation was made with the Secretary of State’s Office that they released the information and that they claim to have only 788 total signatures for Steve Christopher. They are implying that Steve Christopher submitted 788 signatures for a position that required 1,000 total signatures. Many volunteers were involved in the collection of these signatures, which were witnessed by more than just Christopher. At this time, Steve Christopher intends to continue his campaign while the campaign works with legal sources to rectify this situation. Somewhere in the process, approximately 1,962 signatures were lost or misplaced. There are many questions that need to be answered as to how or why something like this can occur in the Secretary of State’s Office. We believe the people need answers as to what has occurred with their signatures. We will gladly talk with any media source requesting further information. We feel this is a serious matter that needs to be addressed.
Thank You Mark Lucas Media Relations Director Conservatives for Steve Christopher |
| Last Updated ( Tuesday, 23 March 2010 21:42 ) |
Ballot this May. The signatures on these petitions were obtained by numerous circulators working to seat a common-sense conservative in the State of Ohio Attorney General’s Office. At the time of submission, a receipt for these signatures was given to Christopher. We have a copy of this receipt that can be sent to any media source upon request. The top portion of this receipt was filled out by an employee at the Secretary of State’s Office and was not filled out by Steve Christopher. The bottom portion was signed and dated by Christopher after releasing the signed petitions to the Secretary of State’s employee.
