May 29, 2008 12:01 AM UTC

Shafroth Submits 4,600 Petitions, No Paid Gatherers Used

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• by: Colorado Pols

From a press release from the campaign of Democratic CD-2 candidate Will Shafroth:

Shafroth Submits Over 4,600 Petition Signatures to Shatter Both CD2 and Democratic Record

Signatures Collected From All 10 Counties in the Second CD; No Paid-Signature Collectors Employed

BOULDER, CO – Will Shafroth, candidate for Congress in Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District, today submitted a Democratic and Second Congressional District record 4,600 signatures to the Colorado Secretary of State.

Shafroth’s 4,600 signatures — over four times the number required to make the ballot – more than doubles the number of signatures submitted by Congressman Mark Udall (CD2) when he successfully petitioned his way on to the ballot in 1998. The collected signatures represent all 10 counties comprising the Second CD and were collected without the use of any paid, professional signature collectors.

“To collect over 4,600 signatures without employing a single paid professional petition circulator — and to more than double the amount submitted by my good friend Congressman Mark Udall — is tremendously gratifying and a testament to Coloradans desire to finally change Washington,” stated Will Shafroth. “This truly democratic process has given me the chance to hear from literally thousands of people who are sick and tired of the bickering and partisan fighting in Congress. To have volunteers step up and make this kind commitment to bring honest change to Washington is humbling.”

Will Shafroth is a political outsider who has spent 27 years bringing people together to solve tough conservation problems and believes that to deliver results on healthcare, Iraq and global warming, Washington needs a change from the promises, partisanship and empty rhetoric that have gone on too long in Congress.

Shafroth did not submit more signatures than the other congressional “Wil,” Wil Armstrong in CD-6. But Shafroth claims to have not used paid signature gatherers in his effort, which makes the collection more impressive.