http://www.news-press.com/article/20100329... MIAMI GARDENS — A historic and yearlong grassroots mobilizing effort wrapped up today as Kendrick Meek's U.S. Senate campaign submitted over 140,000 petitions to supervisor of elections offices throughout Florida to place Meek's name on the ballot.
Florida law allows candidates for office to qualify for the ballot in one of two ways. Candidates can pay a roughly $10,000 filing fee, or collect 112,476 valid petitions from registered Florida voters, regardless of party affiliation or non-affiliation. Meek will be the first statewide candidate to qualify for the ballot by petition.
"Traveling to every corner of Florida has taken me into people's homes and introduced me to their lives. People are concerned with the direction of our state, and they want leaders to focus on bringing new, long-term jobs home to Florida," said Meek, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. “Status quo politicians helped create this economic mess, and Floridians want leaders to transform our economy from recession to recovery.
"Our campaign is about putting people ahead of the powerful, and we stand today on a mountain of petitions from Floridians who are saying yes to progress and no to the status quo."
Since April 2009, field staff, organizers and volunteers have worked to collect petitions from Florida voters. Meek for U.S. Senate field offices are open in Jacksonville, Miami Gardens, Orlando, Tallahassee and Tampa.
Kendrick signed his petition Monday morning and submitted petitions to the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Office.
Posted By: Kendrick Meek
Tuesday, March 30th 2010 at 1:55PM
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