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<blockquote type="cite">3. 24,712 valid are required. The best
estimates I've heard for validity are 67%, which comes to 26,830.
But valid signatures is not a number that's knowable with
certainty, even with a theoretical unlimited resources. Our
validity checkers may make different judgements than the Oklahoma
elections officials in each county. We want plenty of extra
signatures to be safe. The LNC is not paying for more signatures,
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Also, some people read hand writing more carefully or less carefully
than others.<br>
See Ohio for a recent surprise issue that happened.<br>
See Maine for another recent surprise.<br>
Ken Moellman gave you lots of comments on the topic separately.<br>
The LNC Ballot Access Committee might like to give even more
reasons.<br>
See Alabama for a recent example (Paul Frankel can explain).<br>
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Kevin, separately you wrote how you thought we should be spending
more than $2.50 per signature. I'm sure the LP Oklahoma can arrange
that for any amounts you donate.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/27/2016 7:19 PM, Kevin Ludlow
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<div dir="ltr">Could somebody explain to me why we do not have the
ability to know precisely how many verified signatures we have?<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">I am absolutely certain that in Texas
I have access to all voter data from the state. I buy it
regularly. Given we are collecting the persons VoterID,
name, and address, surely we can verify for ourselves.<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">What stops us from doing this and
what would it take to fix that? It seems awfully strange
that we guess and hope for the best.<br>
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