Look closer at petition fraud

SECRETARY OF State William Galvin claims that he investigated allegations that some voters were misled into signing the marriage petition, believing it was related to the sale of wine. The results of his investigation, as reported in his letter (Dec. 23), appear to be based on illogical reasoning.

The 14,288 signatures that appear on both petitions could not include those who were misled unless they inadvertently signed the wine-sale petition twice, once legitimately and once through misrepresentation of the marriage petition.

It is the remaining 109,068 signatures on the marriage petition that could include an unknown number of victims of the alleged misrepresentation.

Galvin owes the citizens of the Commonwealth a more serious investigation.

STEVEN SUSSMAN
Littleton