I’m repeating what a legal firm has suggested. A news article on the same says that Virginia’s laws far exceed other states.
Therefore, I can only conclude it is about something more than simply discouraging over-participation.
Uniformly applying an unjust law does not guarantee equal protection, and the fact that it hasn’t been challenged to date simply doesn’t excuse the law if it, in fact, denies equal protection.
You have to have standing to challenge it. Nobody had standing before.
But any candidate who was denied a place on the ballot now has the standing to challenge this rule.
I only hope and pray that Perry and Gingrich and Bachman and Santorum all march down to the court on Tuesday and file their lawsuits. I will contribute to the defense fund.
This kind of arbitrary rule making just irks me to no end. The system is designed to protect incumbents who don't have to qualify under this system. It also encourages and rewards election fraud.
Every patriotic conservative should be up in arms over this.