“We worked with the secretary of state’s office during every step of the process to ensure that we followed all rules and regulations,” ALG said in a statement responding to Thurston’s letter to the group on Wednesday. “At multiple junctures—including on July 5 inside of the Capitol Building—we discussed signature submission requirements with the secretary of state’s staff. In fact, the secretary of state’s office supplied us with the affidavit paperwork, which we used. Until today, we had no reason not to trust that the paperwork they supplied us was correct and complete.”

“The secretary of state, and the public, knows that we provided the state with a list of our paid canvassers and all of the required information associated with their employment,” ALG added. “They know this because the list we provided to the secretary of state was FOIA’d and released by our opposition in an attempt to intimidate our supporters. Asserting now that we didn’t provide required documentation regarding paid canvassers is absurd and demonstrably, undeniably incorrect.”