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MICHIGAN: IN DEMAND [Kathryn Jean Lopez 10/28 09:18 AM]

A source in the position to know says that signs are not being rationed in Michigan — if you can't get them it is because they are in demand. “I can assure you that the limits were a result of extremely high demand and not incompetence at the local level.” He says that the Michigan GOP ordered ordered and distributed something like 96,000 yard signs and this year ordered 258,000. At this moment, there are about 4,000 signs, this source tells me, left for an Election Eve blitz to be split amongst “18 Victory Centers.” He adds, ”Keep in mind, this doesn't count the 4,000 4x4 and 4x8 signs we ordered as well.” He says, “The fervor that has been created over yard signs this year is like nothing I've ever seen on a campaign, including the amount of theft and vandalism. One vandal got caught in the act, leaving his hatchet (yes, I said hatchet!) in the sign for our photographic delight.”