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May 26, 2020

REVIEW OF NOMINATING PETITION

Bob Carr

Republican Candidate for U.S. Senator

NUMBER OF VALID SIGNATURES REQUIRED: 7,500 signatures.1

TOTAL FILING: 9,546 signatures.

RESULT OF FACE REVIEW: 6,529 valid signatures, 3,017 invalid signatures.

Total number of signatures filed 9,546

Not registered Less: 125

Jurisdiction errors (no city in county known by name given

by signer, dual jurisdiction entry, jurisdiction name given by

signer does not align with address)

Less: 292

Date errors (no date given by signer, date of birth entered, or

date given by signer is later than circulator’s date of signing)

Less: 220

Address errors (no street address or rural route given) Less: 38

Circulator errors (circulator did not sign or date petition, etc.) Less: 639

Miscellaneous errors (duplicate signatures, signatures of

dubious authenticity where the petition signature does not

match the signature on file or multiple signatures appear to

have been written by the same individual, etc.)2

Less: 1,703

TOTAL 6,529

Examples of signatures in the “Miscellaneous” category are provided at the end of this report.

Additionally, Mr. Carr’s nominating petitions included the following as the candidate’s address

in the heading of every petition sheet: 7646 4th Street, Mackinac Island. However according to

1 Pursuant to MCL 168.544f, candidates seeking this office must submit a minimum of 15,000 valid signatures to

qualify for placement on the ballot. Mr. Carr qualifies for a 50% reduction in the number of required signatures

under the April 20, 2020 order of the federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in Esshaki v

Whitmer, https://www.michigan.gov/documents/sos/23_order_granting_PI_687756_7.pdf. 2 The miscellaneous category also includes the “signatures” of 12 petition signers who were marked “canceled –

deceased” in the Qualified Voter File (QVF) between 2.5 months and over 4 years prior to the date of “signing.”

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the Qualified Voter File (QVF), Mr. Carr has been continuously registered to vote at a different

address since 2009: 6635 Wendell, Mackinac Island. Mr. Carr also gave the 4th Street address on

his Affidavit of Identity, not the Wendell Street address where he is registered to vote. This

represents an additional defect in Mr. Carr’s nominating petitions and if determined by the Board

to be fatal, leaves Mr. Carr with 0 valid signatures after face review.

CHALLENGE: None.

STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Determine petition insufficient.

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EXAMPLE 1: Signatures that Appear to be Written by the Same Individual

(Note 14 signers with the surname “Pitts” in Examples 1-2)

EXAMPLE 2: Signatures that Appear to be Written by the Same Individual

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EXAMPLE 3: Incomplete “Round-Tabling”

(Same or similar handwriting on multiple signature lines with blanks left for others to fill in)

EXAMPLE 4: Incomplete “Round-Tabling”

(Same or similar handwriting on multiple signature lines with blanks left for others to fill in)

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EXAMPLE 5: “Round-Tabling”

(Same or similar handwriting on multiple signature lines and/or columns)

EXAMPLE 6: “Round-Tabling”

(Same or similar handwriting on multiple signature lines and/or columns)

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EXAMPLE 7: Deceased Signers

(Signers on lines 5-6 were canceled-deceased in 2016 and February 2020, prior to the date of

“signing”)

Line 5: Kenneth Cribley

Signature on file Petition signature

Line 6: Rodger Gregersen (misspelled as Roger on petition sheet)

Signature on file Petition signature