I’m all for checking the Mitt and Paul signatures as well, but these two guys have been running for President forever (Mitt for 7 years, Paul for 20 some) - so I don’t doubt they have the sigs.
I just hate rules that are burdensome and stupid and favor one class over another (this rule favors long time candidates for example).
And I really find if laughable that some Freepers are trying to maintain their conservative outside the beltway credibility while supporting rules that favor bureaucrats and life long candidates. I mean, some Freepers are pooping all over their own dignity and credibility.
Three of the candidates affected by this are folks I do not support, but I’ll stand up for them in this fight in a skinny minute. Any primary with these rules and who will allow Dems to vote is a primary that needs to be shamed.
Getting on Virginia’s ballot was a test of organizational skill and grassroots strength. It was also something much more mundane: it tested whether campaigns could pay attention to a calendar and read instructions. For those complaining that Virginia’s rules are too tough — the ballot access requirements have been largely unchanged since 1999. If memory serves, this is the first time in the three election presidential election cycles since then that the bulk of the field failed to make the ballot.