Thursday, June 24, 2010
GOP-linked firm paid $532,000 for Greens petition drive, files say
The Dallas Morning News: A petition drive to put a Green Party candidate for governor on the Texas ballot cost $532,000 and was bankrolled through an out-of-state corporation with Republican ties, according to court documents. Democrats say the drive was a disguised effort to help Republican Rick Perry by fielding a candidate who would take votes from Democrat Bill White in November. The source of the funding remains a mystery. Perry's campaign denies involvement. Green Party officials said an outside group gathered the 92,000 signatures and gave them as "a gift" to the party, which delivered them to the state to seek a place on the fall ballot.
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