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<br />:"A lot of Ihese guy5 are hot \'cry detail.
<br />oriented, so they'rc sloppy," Cudi\'cll say"
<br />"John Woodruff probably turns in the slop:
<br />picst pnp~rwork I've ever seen in my life, You
<br />have to (10 a lot of work to c1e"n it up. You
<br />. don't get paid lor sloppy work, and it's
<br />1 cJ impossible to be pcrfccl." .
<br />~1" 1;, "fhe problem is betwecn the sub.
<br />'.~ 'I I contr"ctors and the carriers," say5
<br />':," Susan Johnson, an NVO coordinator
<br />. j ~.) who directed the Colorado compnign,
<br />(V5E ,j "and they need to settle il." Thcre
<br />0) were petitions, she notes, "that were
<br />basically trash, that we could not 115~.
<br />We deal in commodities, and we pa)'
<br />only lor good things, If we pal' for signature;
<br />thol are bnd, we get bad press and we shoot
<br />ourselves in the fool."
<br />. ~ut, the signatllre collectors dispute the
<br />cha,ges that their work w~s too shodd)' for
<br />80lorado's secretary 01 slate-who hnd plcnty
<br />01 her own problems processing paperwork lor .
<br />the election, "Cardwell claimed the validity rate ':
<br />, was la\\', and I'm quite sur.e it wasn't," Dave
<br />, Rubin says, "Validity is a big issue here io
<br />Calilornia, too, 'and J check these things and
<br />~ ' know how to keep the rates liP, He says there
<br />;' werelthat man)' cross.olls, and that's not a v"lid
<br />. clain). I checked them,"
<br />Herdrix aqd Rubin think the culprit may be
<br />Cardfvell, "II'S clear th"t he didn't pay my crew
<br />chieli" says Rubin, relerring to Woodruff, "and
<br />whert I called him about it, he was quite nast)' to '
<br />me."'According'to Rubin, Cardwell "attacked" a
<br />Colorado petitioner seeking payment, throwing
<br />. the worker against a wall and choking him,
<br />"I escorted somebody out 01 my
<br />olfice beca,ise they were being rude:'
<br />, 'says Cardwell, a twelve-year veteran of the "'".,
<br />petition trade now living in Florida., 'There \i'zs
<br />, no fight, and I didn't throw anybody against the
<br />:walIl.,He went to punch me, and" held him
<br />,agaihst the wall. His leet were dangling, but
<br />that'f oka)', I didn't hurt the guy,'" ,
<br />, Cardwell says he's owed around $7,000 from
<br />Brandon and that.he's in the same position as '
<br />. the petitioners, He says Brandon eventually
<br />, paid; some circulators but didn't pay him. ,'II'm ~'
<br />not happy,either," Cardw'ell says, "I hal'en't
<br />, ,knoivingly cheated or stole from anyone."
<br />, Woodruff also denienesponsibilit)' and,
<br />relyses to comment any further, saying he
<br />wants to stay out 01 an affair that won't get
<br />, tesdlved to anyone's satislaction, . "
<br />AAd Hendrix and his John Hancock hunters
<br />are'losing hope Of ever s~eing the money
<br />they're seeking. "It bothers me," Hendrix says,
<br />"that we can't go to some agency oJ the govern.
<br />ment and say, 'Look, this is the voting process-
<br />loo~ at what's going on:' There's corruption'
<br />herf" and it needs to be investigated, But people
<br />d09:t care if it's not in their backyard. Ther
<br />dog't care," He is sure of one thing, though:
<br />"\Vfre ge.~ing ripped off." [J ',.' ,,'
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<br />, petition, ,the signature is not accepted, A signa-
<br />ture is I:icked off if infor'mation' on a:petition
<br />.. doesn't match a: signer',s voter registration card,
<br />.- . Signatures -of unregistered voters aren't
<br />acc~pted. The state d~es make allo~vinc~s for
<br />those who sign ,vith shortened versions of their
<br />" full names or who leave out apartment nUq\bers
<br />. " and other minor details:.Petitio'rieis themselves
<br />can also invalidate' a petition 'by filling out irUor-
<br />mation lor a signee or,rem'oying the original sta-
<br />ples holding a petition together. .,',
<br />':Colorado is probably the most difficult st.ate'
<br />in the country," when it comes to accepting sig-
<br />natures, says Ed Card\vell, an NVO subcontrac-
<br />, tor in charge of Woodruff's subcontracting
<br />worl: on the Stockman'S petition drive, 'We do
<br />twice as many signatures as are required in
<br />, Colorado' so we can comply with tile secretary
<br />01 state's very stringent standards," "
<br />"Some ',carriers turned in 'non.valid siinatures '
<br />, and expected to get paid, and they didn't," .-
<br />, Brandon says: "But that's the way the world
<br />, , works:lt's tOligh here in Colorado'." :
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