Peter Schiff is still short the 8,268 signatures that are required by the state to force a Republican primary for U.S. Senate against Linda McMahon, who won the GOP endorsement outright at the party convention in May.
The deadline for cities and towns to certify petitions and report the number of signatures to the Secretary of the State was Tuesday.
A spokesman for SOTS Susan Bysiewicz confirmed Wednesday that Schiff has some work to do if the financial talking head and money manager from Weston wants to be on the August primary ballot.
“I would say he’s relatively close, but not there yet,” Av Harris said.
Election officials are still awaiting results from a number of municipalities, including Greenwich and Waterbury.
A final tally could be completed by Thursday afternoon, Harris said.