SAN ANTONIO – Questions are growing around independent Bexar County district attorney candidate Jason Wolff, including scrutiny of the signatures used to qualify him for the ballot and his connection to the law office where he works.<\/p>\n
Wolff needed 500 signatures to qualify for the ballot as an independent candidate. Marian Stanko, who represents the Bexar County Republican Party, is challenging those signatures.<\/p>\n
Stanko went to court to force a notary who works at attorney Neil Calfas\u2019 law firm, where Wolff also works, to turn over her notary book related to the petitions. Attorney Justin Nichols said the notary handled more than 90% of Wolff\u2019s petitions.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnytime somebody is running to be the top law enforcement officer in our county, you would expect that person to cross their T’s and dot their I’s and follow the law. When the notary who works for him and signed 90% of his petition comes to court and pleads the Fifth Amendment about whether or not that process was followed, that creates serious concerns for me as a citizen and a lawyer about whether not that person running for that office has behaved appropriately. That day is yet to come, but I think it’s coming really soon.\u201d Nichols said.<\/p>\n
So far, no evidence has been presented in court connecting Calfas\u2019 human trafficking and prostitution arrest to the signatures that got Wolff on the ballot. No court has ruled that Wolff\u2019s petitions are invalid. Attorneys said they are reviewing the notary records to determine what comes next.<\/p>\n