James Craig acknowledges possible fraud in signature gathering for his petition

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(Detroit Free Press) LANSING — The gubernatorial campaign of former Detroit Police Chief James Craig has acknowledged possible fraud by signature gatherers for his nominating petition, but says Craig's name should still appear on Michigan's August Republican primary ballot.

"Chief Craig in no way condones any act of the handful of circulators who may well have injured his campaign and interfered with the constitutional rights of voters who support him or other candidates," Kansas City, Missouri, attorney Edward Greim, representing the Craig campaign, said in a May 9 letter to the Bureau of Elections, obtained by the Free Press.

The "allegation that a handful of circulators defrauded the Craig campaign and Michigan voters is troubling, (but) the proof will ultimately be found in a careful comparison between petition and qualified voter file (or master card) signatures."

Craig's campaign submitted 21,735 signatures, meaning that if 6,736 were rejected, his petition to get on the primary ballot would come up short. Craig was seen as the early front-runner in the GOP race to take on Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in November. ...........(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/05/11/chief-james-craig-fraud-signatures-nominating-petition/9733444002/

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1. Republicans can't help themselves.

They have to cheat.