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BREAKING: Rick Perry Files Lawsuit To Get On Virginia Primary Ballot
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| 12/27/2011
| Zeke Miller
Posted on 12/27/2011 3:48:28 PM PST by TBBT
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To: baysider
Perry is going to appear on Greta tonight, I believe....
To: seekthetruth
I heard from someone in Iowa that Perry is getting such big crowds that the Des Moines Registers lead caucus columnist has switched from following the Bachmann campaign to Rick Perrys today!
Standing Room Only and he is working the crowd hard.
162
posted on
12/27/2011 7:20:14 PM PST
by
JulieRNR21
(*OMG ...means Obama Must Go in 2012!)
To: MestaMachine
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posted on
12/27/2011 7:22:01 PM PST
by
going hot
(Happiness is a momma deuce)
To: fremont_steve; John Valentine
freemont steve, the information quoted from that site is NOT from the Code of Virginia. The Code of Virginia requires 10K/400, not 15K/600, signatures of registered VA voters.
JV, the Code of VA most definitely does set the requirements to get on the primary ballot. It’s not a party rule that can be changed at will.
The 15K/600 number is what the RPV determined was an adequate number to be safe from elimination below the mandatory 10K, thus they bypassed the review of those petitions containing more than 15K signatures.
THIS is from the Code of VA and can be verified at:
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?000+cod+24.2-545
§ 24.2-545. Presidential primary.
...
B. Any person seeking the nomination of the national political party for the office of President of the United States, or any group organized in this Commonwealth on behalf of, and with the consent of such person, may file with the State Board petitions signed by at least 10,000 qualified voters, including at least 400 qualified voters from each congressional district in the Commonwealth, who attest that they intend to participate in the primary of the same political party as the candidate for whom the petitions are filed. Such petitions shall be filed with the State Board by the primary filing deadline. The petitions shall be on a form prescribed by the State Board and shall be sealed in one or more containers to which is attached a written statement giving the name of the presidential candidate and the number of signatures on the petitions contained in the containers. Such person or group shall also attach a list of the names of persons who would be elected delegates and alternate delegates to the political party’s national convention if the person wins the primary and the party has determined that its delegates will be selected pursuant to the primary. The slate of delegates and alternates shall comply with the rules of the national and state party.
...
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?000+cod+24.2-545
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posted on
12/27/2011 7:26:46 PM PST
by
EDINVA
To: seekthetruth; VinL
In Florida, candidates’ petitions are returned to the County Supervisors of Elections who checks names & addresses of signers.
Is it unusual to have the Republican Party of Virginia collect them and then decide who can go on the ballot?
Also I believe VA requires twice as many signatures as other states.
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posted on
12/27/2011 7:29:14 PM PST
by
JulieRNR21
(*OMG ...means Obama Must Go in 2012!)
To: InterceptPoint
Sorry to say but I will never view Fox News in the same way again. They have made Fair and Balanced into some kind of a joke.
Haven’t watched FNC for years but what I’m distilling from those who still do that their Saudi masters want Romney, a guy who change NOTHING, and bury the guys (especially oil guys like Perry) who will change everything.
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posted on
12/27/2011 7:32:16 PM PST
by
txhurl
(Perry/Pence 2012 OR Perry/Ryan 2012 or even better Perry/Abbott 2012!)
To: EDINVA
On the other hand the evidence is that Romney and his people ~ including Virginia’s Lt. Governor Bolling, CHEATED just like Democrats in Chicago.
To: Conservativegreatgrandma
Good for him! I hope he has the chance to do just that!
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posted on
12/27/2011 7:35:18 PM PST
by
luvie
(This tagline reserved for a hero.......)
To: PapaNew
Well, open primaries can be frustrating for the party, but, generally, in states that have closed primaries voters simply switch parties before the cut-off date to vote in the primary of their choice. And states that allow voters to register as Independent gives them the option of choosing either the “R” or “D” ballot; that’s how Virginia does it since all registered voters in Virginia are, in effect, independent.
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posted on
12/27/2011 7:38:30 PM PST
by
Quicksilver
(nominate Rick Perry - defeat Obama - overhaul Washington!)
To: PapaNew
There is no registration by party in VA. When the primaries arrive, you go to your polling place and tell them you want an R or a D ballot. It’s horrible. Since there’s no D primary this year, the scenario you paint will be lived out, tho not as many as you’d suspect actually have not crossed over in the past.
Recall, last presidential primary, R’s were asking other R’s to go vote for Hillary because the R nomination was no longer in question. What goes around comes around.
The downside for cross-over voters is that their name gets on the other party’s solicitation lists and they get all the mail and calls from both parties, and nothing can stop it.
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posted on
12/27/2011 7:41:54 PM PST
by
EDINVA
To: going hot
To: Quicksilver
Why isn’t this in BREAKING?
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posted on
12/27/2011 7:45:46 PM PST
by
txhurl
(Perry/Pence 2012 OR Perry/Ryan 2012 or even better Perry/Abbott 2012!)
To: baysider
gary johnson is on right now. It looks like his face is melting. Yuck.
To: JulieRNR21
I believe the more folks get to see and hear him, the more who switch to being a Perry supporter. Remains to be seen, but seems to me folks are looking back at records and who said what when. When one does that it makes both Romney and Newt appear to be inconsistent.
Rick Perry has a record to stand on in Texas and his stands on the issues have been consistent. I hope he does well in Iowa, but I believe our Sunshine state will more than likely be strong for Perry. :)
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posted on
12/27/2011 7:50:12 PM PST
by
seekthetruth
(I want a Commander In Chief who STANDS with Our Military! Rick Perry 2012!)
To: txhurl
Earlier it was in Breaking News. I don’t know why it was removed, seems like it should qualify as Breaking News.
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posted on
12/27/2011 8:04:03 PM PST
by
Quicksilver
(nominate Rick Perry - defeat Obama - overhaul Washington!)
To: fremont_steve; muawiyah
The Code of Virginia states:
Any candidate who submits at least 15,000 signatures of registered voters on valid petitions statewide and has at least 600 signatures of registered voters on valid petitions from each of the 11 Congressional Districts shall be deemed to have met the threshold for qualification and will be certified..." Would you care to point me to exactly which paragraph number in "Virginia code" states that which you quoted above?
I will give you a hint and a help with links to the official TWO paragraphs in Virginia code that might apply...
First is the VA code for the procedure of collecting petitions for any STATE office... § 24.2-506
Next is the VA code for the procedure of collecting petitions for any Presidential Primary... § 24.2-545
Can you find "15,000" or "deemed" anywhere in those? Or anywhere else in Virginia code that has been passed by the legislature and signed into law by the Governor?
While you are at it, tell me which of the two "VA codes" I provided, requires a resident address? (State office? or Presidential Primary?) ... which one has no requirement what so ever for the voter's address?
... and which of those two "VA codes" requires a petition's witness to be "qualified to register to vote, for the office for which he is circulating the petition"? (State office? or Presidential Primary?) ... which one has no requirement what so ever for the petition's witness?
You COULD find that exact text you quoted however in this un-dated "safe harbor" prose, that we now know was invented by "Dave Rexrode" at 10am on December 21st --- one day after Bolling turned in 16,021 signatures for Romney. http://www.rpv.org/sites/default/files/2012%20Petition%20Certification%20Process_1.pdf
The conspirators in the RPV office created that letter, because they were fearful that Romney might get booted by the same anal microscopic verification which they were planning in the next 36 hours for Gingrich & Perry petitions.
Some have suggested that David Rexrode, Pat Mullings, and Bill Bolling should go to prison for this. Or at very least banned from politics, tarred and feathered, and run out of Virginia on a rail.
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posted on
12/27/2011 8:07:07 PM PST
by
Future Useless Eater
(Chicago politics = corrupted capitalism = takeover by COMMUNity-ISM)
To: MestaMachine
I saw Gary Johnson, too...he looked like scared chicken !
I thought that Perry was scheduled to be on Greta tonight, but it’s tomorrow night.
To: napscoordinator
One thing for sure, if Perry and Newt get on the ballot then I think they All should get on the ballot and that includes Santorum, Bachmann and Huntsman. Perry will not be on at least two states....why is he not fighting for Michigan?
From what I've heard, Santorum, Bachmann, and Huntsman did not submit signatures at all. That maybe wrong information, but if they did not even attempt it, they shouldn't be allowed on.
To: sheikdetailfeather; katiedidit1; shield; seekthetruth
FNC people have gotten very lazy as well as biased....And Shannon Bream is among the worst informed.
What happened to ‘fair & balanced’?
I called FNC comment line to inform them about the recent VA GOP Rule changes:
1-888-369-4762 Press 3 then 1 to leave a comment.
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posted on
12/27/2011 8:18:47 PM PST
by
JulieRNR21
(*OMG ...means Obama Must Go in 2012!)
To: princess leah
I am not surprised at the media, though FOX news has sunk so far down, they are slightly better than MSNBC in my mind.
Fox News has allowed far too many people to shill for Romney, so in my mind they are no better than MSNBC. It'd be one thing if all of the candidates, or at least the top 4, were getting equal coverage and promotion on Fox, but they are not. Fox is so far in the bag for Mitt, it's not worth watching anything they run.
Between Fox News promoting Willard Romney, their pushing celebrity sleaze as news, and the Fox Network promoting homosexuality among children, I'm done with Rupert Murdoch's little empire. I'll stick to Free Republic or the raw news feeds for my news.
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