US Senate Candidate Laurie Dobson Press Release on Hoffman Decision
-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-
Today's decision by Maine's Superior Court against the nomination of Independent Candidate Herbert Hoffman has thinned the ranks of nonparty contenders running against the two congressional candidates for US Senate, Tom Allen and Susan Collins; but not entirely.
The fight still continues for Laurie Dobson, Maine's Independent US Senate Candidate, who, on June 24, filed a petition with the Superior Court for the right to be placed on the ballot. The Dobson campaign is appealing a decision by the Secretary of State, who rejected Dobson's request for a reconsideration of her signatures, which were 160 short of the required 4,000. Dobson is appealing on the grounds that there were errors made by state registrars, including late returns and validation mistakes, which would otherwise have allowed her nomination to be certified.
Dobson, who collected over 5,130 signatures, circulated the large majority of petitions herself; and is not in the same position as Hoffman, who had over 45 petition helpers gather his signatures.
"Our campaign has lately been under the media radar, but we have kept going, and have diligently worked to become nominated for the ballot, after collecting well over 4,000 signatures validated by Maine registrars, some of which they returned past their deadline on June 2.
"We hope that voters will be allowed their chance to have a different choice before them this fall than just the two corporate party candidates who have not helped our state or country recover from the disastrous policies they themselves have helped to put into place these last 12 years. Allen and Collins have been wasting our time in Congress, and they should be replaced" said Dobson.
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"Every vote should count and I am determined to keep the faith with the signators who placed my name in the running for the November election, and I thank them for their hope in my campaign. I will not let them down."
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Letter to Editor:
Dear Editor,
"Our campaign has lately been under the media radar, but we have kept going, and have diligently worked to become nominated for the ballot, after collecting well over 4,000 signatures validated by Maine registrars, some of which they returned past their deadline on June 2.
"We hope that voters will be allowed their chance to have a different choice before them this fall than just the two corporate party candidates who have not helped our state or country recover from the disastrous policies they themselves have helped to put into place these last 12 years. Allen and Collins have been wasting our time in Congress, and they should be replaced" said Dobson.
"Every vote should count and I am determined to keep the faith with the signators who placed my name in the running for the November election, and I thank them for their hope in my campaign. I will not let them down."

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