Multiple Arizona voters say their signatures were forged in Libertarian Michelle Martin’s paperwork to run in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District.
Four people told the Arizona Republic that they had not signed the petition that their signatures were on. In order to appear on the ballot in Arizona, candidates must gain a number of signatures proportional to the number of registered voters in their district.
“That is definitely not me. Not even close to my signature. That’s very upsetting,” Stephen Riordan, a Phoenix resident whose name and signature were listed on Martin’s paperwork, said.
Martin submitted 1,200 signatures, which is more than the required “at least one-half of one percent” of registered voters in the district needed to get on the ballot.
“I’m disappointed,” Shannon Speagle, another resident whose
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