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GOP to formally oppose Collins’ signatures Bill CollinsSummerville Journal Scene
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Bill Collins
GOP to formally oppose Collins' signatures
By Jenny Peterson Summerville Journal Scene "Invalid… flawed… errors and missing information."
That's how Dorchester County Republican Party Chairman Arthur Bryngelson is labeling the signatures on the petition of candidate Bill Collins, who is running for State Senate Seat 38.
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"Collins even signed his own petition twice; that violation of the election law alone should disqualify him as a candidate."
Collins, former publisher of the Summerville Journal Scene, collected nearly 4,700 signatures in his bid for the senate seat.The Dorchester County Board of Elections and Voter Registration and the State Election Commission reviewed the signatures and validated 4,038 of them.Collins is set to be on November's ballot against former senator and Republican nominee Mike Rose.
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Collins said he isn't worried about Bryngelson's appearance before the board.
"I followed the laws of the state of South Carolina, as did the State Elections Commission in validating my petition," Collins said."I have all the confidence that they are not going to validate signatures twice, or count signatures twice.They are charged with seeing if (signatures) are valid and I have 841 more than I need to be on the ballot."
As to whether or not he personally signed the petition twice, Collins said, "I don't know if I did or not."Collins said he plans on attending the meeting.
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If Collins takes Supporters & Votes away from the Republican party, he's dividing the Republican party.If Collins takes Supporters & Votes away from the Democratic party, he's dividing the Democratic party.Conclusion: Collins is being divisive!!!!
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Mr. Servis- I've only spoken to Bill Collins briefly at the farmer's market many weeks ago, exchanging pleasantries.
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Although I favor Mr. Collins, I too have been bewildered by his desire to join the Senate GOP caucus.Why should he join any group where the welcome mat is not out?That's a question I'm still waiting for him to answer!Personally, I think he would have much more clout remaining an independent.The chairman of the local GOP doesn't have a say in the State Senate.And so far, I haven't seen anything concrete that there is a court case coming up, just a hearing before the election commission.But I bet it'll be open arms and lots of schmoozing should Bill Collins win.Does voting for a candidate in one party's primary make you a member of that party?No, because most people tend to vote for a candidate they prefer rather than for pure partisan reasons.Can one be still be a Republican and vote for Bill Collins?Of course!Neither do I consider myself a "prime supporter" of Bill Collins.Mr. Collins is smart, articulate, and knows the community.
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I've never known Bill Collins to "avow" that he's a liberal- that's a convenient label and a buzz word that Republicans like to use as a scare tactic; it really is shorthand for "anybody who is not a Republican like us.".How do we know he's a "liberal" if he hasn't even outlined his positions?In fact, an argument can be made that quite a few folks on the Republican ticket wouldn't really be labeled as conservative this year.Unless the GOP finds some legal loophole, Mike Rose and Bill Collins will be on the ballot.
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Collins said : 8/6/2008 He voted early, he voted often and ha ha ha.
Elaine K
Collins is Divisive : 8/6/2008 Seriously doubt that Arthur Bryngelson will accept Collins into the Republican Caucus.
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Collins is dividing the party.His supporters are defectors/mavericks from the party.Collins has self-identified as an Independent.Someone said in the paper that Collins voted for a Democrat in the presidential primary.C'mon now!
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I think Mr Collins has always been fair to both sides on any issue as far as the summerville journal goes unlike many other news agencies in this area..I respect that in him ...Why wouldn't Arthur Bryngelson want to have Mr Collins join the republican party If He were to win?Wouldn't that be great for the party?..He is the Republican Party Leader and Thatwould Guarentee a Republican Candidate after the election No Matter what the outcome would be....Unless there are personal interests involved I would see this as a win win for the Republican Party..
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Mr. Collins has every right to run as a petition candidate provided that those petitions are VALID.That he laughed about signing the petitions twice himself, as did many of his supporters, as well as some in the grave, demands that every name be entered into the computer, check their registration or lack thereof, district, vital signs, and yes...whether they already voted in the primary for another candidate.The only sour grapes are those of the loser's supporters who tried multiple times to field a candidate and came up with Bill Collins, who ran before against Annette Young without submitting to the debates and rigors and costs of the primary.
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Bill Collins a disgruntled Republican : 8/6/2008 There is a problem and the problem is Bill Collins who signed his own petition twice and when this was pointed out to him, said I vote early and often, then laughed, ha ha ha.
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It's quite obvious Arthur Bryngelson is trying to help Bill Collins.
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