Pennsylvania state Rep. Joe Preston (D) has been accused of forging petition signatures for his reelection bid. KDKA reports:
Six years ago, Ed Gainey, an aide to Mayor Ravenstahl, came within 94 votes of defeating long-time incumbent State Rep. Joe Preston.
Now he’s back for another try, and Gainey has sharpened the rhetoric against his adversary, saying Preston condoned the use of forged signatures to get on the ballot.
Gainey, a Democrat, says that Preston turned in election petitions with forged signatures of local residents.
"Joe Preston submitted documents to the state with names of at least 90 individuals that had been forged. Forty of those names on the document Joe Preston claimed he personally had witnessed," said Gainey.