PHOENIX (AP) — A leader of the conservative group Turning Point Action resigned from the organization Thursday and dropped his bid for reelection to the Arizona House of Representatives after he was accused of forging signatures on his nominating petitions.
Republican state Rep. Austin Smith has in the past promoted disproven allegations of election fraud.
A complaint filed by a Democratic activist in Smith’s district says several petition sheets contain signatures “that appear to have been written by the same person” and says “many of those signatures bear a striking resemblance to Smith’s.” It includes affidavits from two voters whose names were included in Smith’s petition but say they never signed.
Smith cast the allegations as a coordinated attack by Democrats that was “silly on its face,” but said he would drop out to avoid racking up legal bills.
Ohio judge to rule Monday on whether the state’s abortion ban stands
Xi Says China to Cooperate with Micronesia on Infrastructure, Climate Change
Yangtze River Delta ecological integration set an ecologically development sample
Propaganda won't eliminate harms of Japan's nuke wastewater discharge plan
Trump or Biden? Either way, US seems poised to preserve heavy tariffs on imports
Xi, Lula Send Congratulatory Letters to Seminar Involving CPC, Workers' Party of Brazil
How APEC meetings turn out is a test for the US
CIIE: a vivid reality of the world sharing Chinese opportunities
Dame Judi Dench's tears as she receives Sycamore Gap tree seedling at Chelsea Flower Show
Living in Downing Street was like being a prisoner in a soulless cage