Report: Clinton, Obama Indiana primary petitions tainted by forged signatures

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Clinton, Obama Indiana primary petitions tainted by forged signatures

October 08, 2011|By ERIN BLASKO & KEVIN ALLEN, South Bend Tribune Staff Writers, RYAN NEES, Howey Politics Indiana | By ERIN BLASKO & KEVIN ALLEN, South Bend Tribune Staff Writers, RYAN NEES, Howey Politics Indiana

SOUTH BEND — The signatures of dozens, if not hundreds, of northern Indiana residents were faked on petitions used to place presidential candidates on the state primary ballot in 2008, The Tribune and Howey Politics Indiana have revealed in an investigation.

Several pages from petitions used to qualify Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for the state’s Democratic primary contain names and signatures that appear to have been copied by hand from a petition for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jim Schellinger. The petitions were filed with the Indiana Election Division after the St. Joseph County Voter Registration Office verified individuals’ information on the documents.

St. Joseph County Prosecutor Michael Dvorak’s name appears twice on the Clinton petitions. After The Tribune faxed one of the signatures to him, Dvorak identified that signature as his own and confirmed that he had signed the petition. Dvorak did not respond after a copy of the second signature on the same petition was faxed to him by The Tribune.

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