Signature fiasco gets worse for Taylor

You might have heard that U.S. Rep. Scott Taylor, a Virginia Beach Republican, has been ensnared in something of a controversy over some signatures.

His staff helped circulate petitions to get Hampton Democrat Shaun Brown on the ballot as an independent to siphon votes from the party’s nominee, Elaine Luria.

However, it turns out a lot of those signatures were forged, since some belonged to people who have shuffled off to that great voting booth in the sky and others who insist they never signed the petition. Democrats are suing to get Brown off the ballot.

And a woman who accused Taylor’s staff of forging her former neighbor’s signature, according to a report today in Talking Points Memo, got a phone call from Taylor, who, the report says, pressured her to withdraw the accusation.

“It’s an intimidation factor to try and make me back down on it” she said. “I felt like he was trying to intimidate.”