Signature gathering

 The Pennsylvania courts did not do us any favors.  The petitions for candidates for the state General Assembly (that’s the House and the Senate) were not available until today.  We need 300 signatures of Democrats by Sunday, March 27, for Richard Kost, the Democratic candidate who is running to in the 122nd House district.  (The petitions are due on the 28, but we will need to organize everything before we drive up there.)

We need to coordinate lists, volunteers, petitions, drop points, pick-up locations, and instructions.  Usually you have 20 days to do this.  If we include tomorrow, when we are distributing lists, and the 27th, when we will need to collect them, that gives us ten days, but in reality eight.  Can we collect that many signatures in eight days?  (And you always get more than the minimum.)  I’m fairly confident we can when the voters learn Mr. Kost’s opponent.