2000 signatures were indeed tossed in Leon's drive because non-resident circulators.  But to say that's fraud is a huge leap.  You have no proof of knowledge or intent.  Leon says many of the circulators lived on district border streets (wrong side of street), or similar issues, where the circulator genuinely believed they were eligible.  And there is the question of whether residency req. for ciruclators is even Constitutional.  But to say it is "fraud" is a wild stretch - I will agree though that it was a massive oversight failure by Leon.  I wouldn't have relied on a Constitutional challenge, and its reflect of some organizational question Leon is responsible for.


Chetly Zarko
Outside Lansing & Oakland Politics
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