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Major Milestone Reached: 1,000 Signatures Gathered to Qualify for the November Ballot

Post by teodroseIII » 20 May 2022, 11:43

Yesterday evening, I was able to gather the 1,000th signature on a petition to have my name appear on the upcoming November ballot for Virginia’s 8th Congressional District. This was the last and biggest hurdle that I had to clear to qualify for the 2022 election, in fact, I became the first candidate to be listed by Ballotpedia for the general election for my district. The next obstacle and even bigger challenge is ensuring that I have a fair chance to be heard by the electorate.

While career politicians or partisan hopefuls who aspire to join the ranks of Democrats or Republicans in DC hire teams to canvass and gather petition signatures, I collected all 1,000 signatures on my own by walking the streets of Alexandria, Arlington, Falls Church, and Southern Fairfax, meeting constituents, talking to them about my platform and hearing first-hand about their hopes and their struggles....continued...

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