Cain actually had petitions out at the general election, so I’m betting he would have had his 15,000 signatures. He was the only candidate whose petitions I saw in this cycle.
Look, it’s clear from your posts that you:
a) dislike Newt; and
b) are shilling for the powers-that-be in VA.
All of which is fine. But the bottom line is that there’s somethins seriously wrong with a system that only puts 2 of 7 legitimate candidates on the ballot. The threshold for gettin on a PRIMARY ballot should be pretty low.
Contrary to sentiments expressed by some who are conflating the two, this is an entirely different situation than qualifying to VOTE. Apples and oranges. I doubt there’s any danger a candidate will be elected twice. Or a non-citizen or felon will be elected.
We should fight election FRAUD...but if Buddy Freaking Roemer wants to run in the GOP primary and can get a few people to sign petitions to put him on the ballot, he should be on the ballot.
This has Romney stink all over it.
Hank