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To: fremont_steve

You are actually asserting that the CODE OF VIRGINIA establishes the primary rules for the Republican Party? That fails the laugh test.

I am quite certain that these are simply Republican Party rules with NO force of law, that can be enforced, changed, amended, or waived at will.


76 posted on 12/27/2011 5:19:15 PM PST by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: John Valentine
YUP. The party can change its position real quick and everybody can be on the ballot.

The Virginia Lt. Governor is Romney's top guy in Virginia. He cheated. Romney seems to be happy with cheating.

127 posted on 12/27/2011 6:07:43 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: John Valentine

The Code of Virginia establishes the rules by which party candidates can get on the ballot. Why is that surprising to you?

The primaries are implemented by the state, and the state has a law with rules that must be followed.

Back in may, the Virginia Board of Elections sent out a 4-page memo explaining the rules to all the candidates. That memo is published on their web site (I had a link this morning, and lost it).

The RPV is involved only in that the RPV is tasked under the law with verifying the signatures. Some have suggested that the RPV used to be lax in verification, and then there was a lawsuit, and now they were being more serious.

But the 10,000 signature requirement is in the law, it’s not something the RPV made up.


201 posted on 12/28/2011 2:03:09 AM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: John Valentine

All right - I was handed my head on this one because I didn’t go to the original sources. I did however state where I got the information. If that source is not good - then so be it. That is ONE OF THE REASONS I mentioned where I got the info, so that it’s veracity could be judged independently, and also because of fair-use restrictions, I wanted to give appropriate attribution.

For all of you that went off on my butt - Please take a chill pill!


235 posted on 12/28/2011 8:18:36 AM PST by fremont_steve
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