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The rules for the primary are set by the General Assembly. The state board of elections runs and pays for the primaries. There is no registration by party. Why are you blaming Virginia Reps. These rules have been in place since 1999.

Newt has lived in VA for ten years. I find it amusing that he could not get 10,000 signatures from registered voters with at least 400 coming from each of the 11 Congressional districts. The prospective candidates were notified about the rules in March 2011. They could begin collecting signatures starting July 1 and had until December 21 to submit them. Santorum, Huntsman, and Bachmann did not even bother collecting and submitting signatures.

Some of the candidates like Gingrich, Santorum, Huntsman, and Perry have problems elsewhere because they did not comply with the state rules to get on the ballot and/or designate delegates.

If they are so incompetent that they can't get on the ballot in various states, they shouldn't be considered serious candidates.