Mary Norwood Needs 22,700 Signatures To Run For Office

Free & Equal, Inc. is proud to be the “national firm” in the article below helping Mary Norwood get on the ballot in Fulton County, Georgia. According to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News, “Fulton County only had 206,160 votes cast for Governor in November 2006. Norwood’s petition hurdle, in practice, thus amounts to getting a number of signatures equal to 11% of all the people who voted in the important gubernatorial election. Also, she must pay a large filing fee, and all her signature sheets must be notarized.

From CBS Atlanta News we have this story:

Mary Norwood Needs 22,700 Signatures To Run For Office

Written By: Rebekka Schramm – CBS Atlanta Reporter

Former Atlanta mayoral candidate Mary Norwood is running for public office again. This time, she needs thousands more signatures just to get her name on the ballot, because she’s running as an Independent. Norwood got 49.6 percent of the vote in 2009 when she was defeated by former State Sen. Kasim Reed.
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Norwood has a campaign staffer dedicated to verifying signatures. She said it will be tough getting enough names, but she thinks her hard work will prove a point to the voters. “If I’m not willing to do this work now, do you want me to be your chair?” asked Norwood.She has hired a national firm to help her get the required number of signatures. Her deadline, by law, is July 13.

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