[Jim Robinson]

The Republican party cross-checking addresses against database for the FIRST TIME? Smells pretty fishy to me.

[Mad Dawgg]

In Ohio locally we had to have addresses and we always asked if they had moved since last election. Many a time signatures were challenged on the rules. I can't imagine why any Candidate would assume his petition wouldn't be challenged especially since the 2000 and the 2004 elections.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Thanks for posting this Jim, and Merry CHRISTmas!

I've been following this story here this morning trying to get a handle as to what is really happening.

After reading this, I'm firmly in the “something stinks here” camp.

Mittens and Rove stink now that I think about it.

[Keith in Iowa]

And people say the Iowa jCaucuses are a joke.... not so much now...

[Fresh Wind]

The checking was being done by “volunteers”, according to the VA GOP spokesman.

Whose volunteers were these?

[hosepipe]

You cannot VOTE in Alaska unless you prove who you are..
AND they keep track of who voted and who didn’t vote..

You cannot vote twice in Alaska.. unless your district is corrupt..

However Lisa Murcowski(r-sen) was just voted in because democrats did not vote for the democrat candidate but voted for her in the general election..
She lost the primary.. although it was legal (this voter fraud) it was very sneaky..
Shes toast in the next election...

[pogo101]

“And you know who THAT benefits?”

Kneel before Romney, sayeth the VA GOP masters.

[stockpirate]

Well I guess the ruling republican elite’s are just as corrupt as the democrats, oh wait they do sleep together.

Wonder what Ann “man neck” Coulture has to say about her buds in the leadership cheating for her man Romney. end sarcasm

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

Why does this smells fishy? I for one do not trust the U.S. Postal Service if they are the ones that are verifying the addresses. They don’t always deliver my mail and return it as deliverable or no such number. The sad part in all this is that we have only lived here 28 years.

[oldbill]

That’s the Republican Party doing the checking.

Unfortunately, the local registrars and the state Board of Elections don’t do any checking. That’s why Virginia has one of the highest percentage of illegal alien voters in the union.

Groups like SEIU, Mecha, La Raza, and ACORN sign em up by the thousands and nobody checks to see if they are legitimate citizens.

George Allen lost to Jim Webb by 7000 votes, flipping control of the US Senate to Harry Reid. The illegal alien votes for Webb far exceeded that 7000 margin.

[null and void]

Meanwhile, back in the jungle...

“Mickey Mouse” is free to petition for Scott Walker’s recall ("Adolf Hitler" too).

[noinfringers2]

Perhaps this can be carried over to national elections. Personally I hope Newt can garner support for a strong write-in. To have just Romney with his RINO baggage and Paul with his anti-Semitic and love of Muslim baggage is a whole bit of none conservative hogwash and candidate exclusion this is not to say all other candidates don’t have baggage. Hard to understand why 10,000 is such a sacred number.

[usconservative]

The Republican party cross-checking addresses against database for the FIRST TIME? Smells pretty fishy to me.

For the first time sounds fishy, agree there.

Here in Illinois they've been cross-checking signatures against addresses for years now. Although, that sure doesn't stop the Democrats here from registering the dead to vote. As long as the address of the cemetery is correct I suppose it's legit. (/sarc)

[P-Marlowe]

....for apparently the first time....

Well that pretty much says it all doesn't it?

Rebellion is brewing.

[The Mayor]

Selective enforcement, only when it is politically convenient for them.

[Java4Jay]

ping

[Carry_Okie]

Yes, this has RINO fingerprints all over it. That said...

The rules of the game were in writing for anyone to read. Both Newt and Perry should have hired people who understood the consequences and had taken action to offset their signature gathering and verification procedures accordingly. If they needed 20,000 to be sure of qualifying, that is what they should have submitted.

Said failure is indicative of their lack of both management skills and organizational depth, the latter being indicative of the need to chase polling numbers in early primary states.

In a way, this is yet again an indictment of the MSM, for which there is no excuse on the part of the candidates.

[EGPWS]

One way or another we are going to have Romney shoved down our throats whether he is our choice or not.

And THAT will just guarantee 4 more years of 0bama.

When it's time, I'm ready!

[marty60]

Just a coincidence that Perry and Newt were short 2000 sigs.
Wow..just amazing.

[Future Useless Eater]

Something stinks to high heaven when petition-reviewers have to wait until 2am on a Saturday morning to announce their 1st-time-ever microscopic-scrutiny of voter signatures. It smells like the New Hampshire Secretary of State's office.

So, the good people of Virginia are going to be disenfranchised of their right to nominate their home-resident?

Gingrich owns only one modest HOME, and it is in Virginia. (Of all the GOP candidates, only Ron Paul's home in Texas is smaller)

The carpet-bagger Romney until recently, owned four MANSIONS, and none of them are/were in Virginia. He recently sold two, (apparently because that would look bad? ...or maybe because he spent $42 Million of his own cash in 2008 running for President?)

• Romney to nearly quadruple mansion's size

  Aug 22, 2011 –
  ... Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is planning to nearly quadruple the size of his $12 million California beachfront mansion.
  

  
  
  
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  Mitt Romney's New Hampshire Mansion

  Oct 28 2011 -
  
  The former Massachusetts governor is leading in Granite State polls. He also owns a $10 million lakefront house there.

  
  
  
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  Romney's Park City [Deer Valley, Utah] Mansion is burglarized

  Feb 26, 2009 -
  Mitt Romney's home in Park City was burglarized between Jan. 5 and Feb. 17. Nearly 20 pieces of jewelry were stolen.
  
  Police ... said the value of the stolen jewels has not been assessed yet. "I doubt that any of it's Zirconium," he said. "It would be a fairly substantial loss."
  
  Romney recently placed the 11-acre, 9,500-square-foot, seven-bedroom, 81/2-bathroom property with views of Jordanelle and the Uinta Mountains up for sale.
  
  
  [from a different story] According to the Boston Globe and CNN, the former governor of Massachusetts and his wife, Ann, have recently put two of their four homes (read: mansions) up for sale. The first, a luxurious ski “cabin” in Deer Valley that overlooks a reservoir and mountains and comes fully furnished with custom fixtures, fireplace screens, and eight full bathrooms.
  
  
• The second high-profile Romney family home for sale is in Belmont, MA and is located at 171 Marsh St., Belmont, MA. This is where the Romney’s raised their five sons, all grown and out of the nest.
  
  Worth over an estimated $200 million, Mitt Romney and family deny that they are selling because of the recession or because of the $42 million the former governor spent on his presidential campaign.

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It should be obvious that Obama's current "war on the rich" is aimed toward a mid-2012 war against the person he believes will be the GOP nominee - Romney!

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Are we to believe that the people of Virgina, (who have a lot of vested interest in keeping a strong military), they are to be given ONLY two GOP choices?

• A) an abortionist, lying obomneycare gay-marriage activist, rich Mormon weasel, who says anything to get elected, OR
• B) a tin-foil hat tri-lateral commission kook who wants to destroy our military defense (even worse than Obama), let Israel die, and legalize drug use

I think not. And either...:
- A judge will find the the voter's franchise must weigh higher than slight technical difficulties in petitions
- OR Newt will just have to win his home state's delegates by write-ins.
It worked for SENATOR Lisa Murkowski, who won by write-ins.

I could understand if the Gingrich campaign was BILLED the extra costs of verifying signatures without 'proper' addresses. (Those signatures would only need to be 'sampled' by a GOP panel to prove they were legitimate VA voters). I am confident those would be proven legitimate in great enough quantities, for Gingrich to be on the ballot.



( Gingrich-haters, please do not address or reply to me.)

[ReneeLynn]

Just the good ole’ GOP telling us who they’ll let us vote for. Now, shut up and sit down Tea Party, that’ll be enough of that!