Chapter 18
Homebound
The video of defaced signs inside Garfield headquarters spreads across the net. Nationwide, voters transform Republican and Democrat presidential signs into None of the Above signs. These personal acts of civil disobedience strengthen the protest vote and make a faction of the Tea Party question if Senator Garfield really is one of them.
None and MJ finish canvassing Ohio within a day. Their anti-Robertson and anti-Garfield signs triple the response rate but increase the hostility they face.
The team stops in Trenton, New Jersey next. New Jersey residents have to collect the eight hundred required signatures. The firm Shen hires completes the petitions within a single Saturday.
The team loiters by the minivan that evening.
Shen says, “The courthouse opens Monday.
