and when republicans in candidate did find a candidate they liked, a state lawmaker named john keyserim on the ballot. missed it be that much. keyser had to go to court to persuade a judge to put him back on the ballot, which the judge ultimately did. the judge's argument was that the signature requirement wasn't so hard and fast. it was really about stopping fraud. it wasn't just about stopping mistakes. so, a few signatures short, legitimately by mistake, the judge decided, no biggy, we'll let it slide. but then, this week, thanks to intrepid reporting from a local reporter named marshal zelinger at 7 news denver, we learned that there is another problem with the signatures that got john keyser on to that all-important ballot in colorado. and this one is a doozy. >> someone who collected signatures for john keyser turned in these petitions to help earn his spot in the race. and based on what i found, there's now a question on whether or not he actually has enough valid signatures to stay on the ballot. did you sign that petition? >> no, sir. >> did you sign this petition? >> i did n

now 7 news set up a handy tool so colorado voters can search the petitions filed for john keyser to get out if they were forged too. the district attorney's office say they are reviewing the petitions keyser submitted. when he showed up yesterday he was over and over about these signatures. the reason he was asked over and over is because he refused to answer questions about it. he kept saying quote here's the important thing. i'm on the ballot. that's all he would say over and over. in the forum and a follow-up jon key ser repeated that i'm on the ballot 13 times. it's true. the first ballots are due to be sent out tomorrow and jon keyser's name is on them. wow, this really is supposed to be the republican's best or maybe only shot at flipping a senate seat in the country this year. and their best shot is a candidate who didn't technically make it on the ballot and appears to have gotten there by blatant fraud and cannot answer a question about it to save his life. so you don't need donald trump at the top to screw things up for you. in the right race you can screw things up on your ow