MAR-23-2016

11:37

Secretary

of State

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March 22, 2016
David Flood
36 MaySt
Biddeford, ME 04005
Cell phone: 207.423.7643
Email: davidcflood@yahoo.com

Matthew Dunlop
Maine Secretary of State
148 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0418

Dear Secretary Dunlop,

I am a registered voter in Senate District 32 who has concerns about some of
the signatures gathered on the Primary Nomination Petitions for candidate Joanne
Twomey.
Here is a list of my concerns:
• One sheet has three names that have no dates of when they signed the
petition. The names I am challenging are Estelle Morissette, Robert Thibodeau and
Rachel Thibodeau. Clearly, none of these signatures have a date and so the form is
not filled out correctly. If you Jook at the bottom of the back of the page, you can see
that the person checking it considered reducing the number of signatures on that
page to be 3, then 2, and then back up to 5 signatures. Two is the correct number
number of signatures for that sheet
• One sheet has Perry Aberle as signature NO.6. My concern here is that Mr.
Aberle is also listed as the circulator of the petition. My understanding is that state
law says that a circulator cannot witness his own signature.
That same sheet has two names (No. 22, Louis Hebert and No. 23, Rita
Roberge) that do not list a city. The form was not filled out correctly, so their
signatures should not be allowed .
• Finally, on a third sheet, the No.2 petitioner (Ronald Labonte) also has no
city listed. Again, the form was not filled out correctly.
Together, that makes a total of seven signatures that should not be counted
as qualified signatures on the petition. This means that fewer than an appropriate
number of signatures were collected for Ms. Twomey to be a qualified as a candidate
in the primary election.

 MAR-23-2016

11:37

Secretary

of State

Also, there is no complete "Primary Candidate's Consent and Certification of
Enrollment" sheet for Ms. Twomey. Instead, there are two incomplete sheets. Again,
this would make Ms. Twomey ineligible for being a candidate for the primary
election.
I look forward to a public hearing concerning the validity of these signatures
and the Consent and Certification of Enrollment sheet. My contact information is
above - please contact me about a time and place and I will be there.

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erely,

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~ avid Flood

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