http://michigan.gov/sos/0%2c4670%2c7-127-13762-88735--F%2c00.html is very clear as to whether family members can notarize.  They cannot. Period. End. Finite.

I further acknowledge that making a false statement in this affidavit is perjury - a felony punishable by a fine up to $1,000.00 or impreisonment for up to 5 years, or both. (MCL 168.848, 933 and 936)

Now, it may be difficult for you, young Nathan, to wrap your campus indoctrinated pea brain around this, but Randy is responsible for his paperwork, not his mommy.  Randy being a term limited lawmaker, a useless RINO one at that, knows damn well what campaign finance law is, and what is legal.  Or, if you want to play this another way, I'll gladly entertain you.  I'll assume your naive premise that Randy's momma doesn't know basic Notary Law.  That, young Nathan, now leaves you with... what the old b!tch didn't know, the son-of-a-b!tch did.  Either way, ignorance is not excusable in Law.