Posted by
John Wallace on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 8:01:58 AM
Sandy Treadwell, the endorsed machine candidate in the Republican primary in New York's 20th Congress District is pinning his hopes on using some procedural tricks to try to get his primary opponents, John Wallace and Michael Rocque, kicked off the September primary ballot by questioning the validity of signatures on their nominating petitions.
"This is a tactic used by a candidate who is afraid to face his opponents in an open election and it is also a tactic used by political hacks to disenfranchise the legitimate signatures of over 2,800 Republican voters who signed our petitions." Wallace said.
It would appear that Sandy Treadwell is attempting to deny his own party members a choice of candidates in the primary. The two other candidates, John Wallace - a retired Lt. Colonel from the New York State Police, and Michael Rocque - a retired Lt. Colonel from the US Army, with a combined total of more than 50 years of service to the people, intend to fight Treadwell's objections to the voters' signatures.
John Wallace said: "The choice in this primary election is now between a typical well-funded career politician who will use any means to get elected and two citizen candidates with long histories of military and law enforcement service who believe in honor and integrity. Sandy Treadwell has now shown his true colors by attempting to use election procedural technicalities to deny a cross section of Republican voters in the district a voice in the selection of candidates."
By:
John Wallace
Candidate for Congress
NY's 20th Congressional District