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To: Mitt Romney; Pat Mullins; Bill Bolling

The case of Osborne v. Boyles, was on October 24th, where Independent state delegate candidate Michael Osborne filed suit ...

But that is not a valid excuse here, because Osborne was running for a STATE office, not a Presidential Primary.
http://www.varight.com/news/virginia-may-have-improperly-excluded-signatures-from-perry-gingrich-a-recount-may-be-needed/

Virginia law REQUIRES an address on petitions for state offices: § 24.2-506
...signed by the number of qualified voters specified below after January 1 of the year in which the election is held and listing the residence address of each such voter.

Virginia law does NOT require an address on petitions for Presidential Primaries: § 24.2-545

This law regulating primary signatures is clearly separate. § 24.2-545 specifically does NOT require addresses, nor the signatures to be taken after January 1st.
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.
It is reasonable for some voters to understand that Virginia law has NEVER required the address on those primary petitions. It is optional, just like the SSN on the presidential petition form is also optional.

I believe there is also a recent Virginia court precedent where a petition gatherer was slightly in error on something, and the judge ruled that the voter should not be disenfranchised. The voter's intent to sign the petition outweighed the slight technical difficulty.



P.S. I wonder how many Romney petitions were gathered by ACORN spin-offs,
and say just "Mickey Mouse" or "Donald Duck"? We may never know because
you made 15,000 a "magic number" so that no Romney petitions would be examined!




(Gingrich-haters, please do not address or reply to me.)
12 posted on 12/26/2011 11:14:27 AM PST by Future Useless Eater (Chicago politics = corrupted capitalism = takeover by COMMUNity-ISM)
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To: Future Useless Eater; STARWISE; Liz; maggief; penelopesire; onyx; Jim Robinson; LucyT; Nachum

Thanks for the information FUE

FYI for everyone else.


24 posted on 12/26/2011 2:17:18 PM PST by hoosiermama (We need more Jobs.....Steve Jobs....entrepreneurs and creators.)
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To: neverdem; FARS

Did you see this?


44 posted on 12/26/2011 4:23:18 PM PST by hoosiermama (We need more Jobs.....Steve Jobs....entrepreneurs and creators.)
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To: Future Useless Eater; All

Here is the red state piece,quite unbelievable.
You have to scroll down to did the Va gop change....

http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/12/26/did-the-va-gop-change-the-rules-on-primary-ballot-access-in-november-2011/


49 posted on 12/26/2011 5:41:52 PM PST by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin 2012)
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To: Future Useless Eater

That sure sounds like a conspiracy with criminal intent there.


51 posted on 12/26/2011 6:19:01 PM PST by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: Future Useless Eater
To: FUTURE USElESS EATER; Mitt Romney; Pat Mullins; Bill Bolling

We are getting even with the batardes (those guys following your name) now that the Paulbots are out there TAKING Mitt's delegates away from him ~ because, alas, his own peeps don't know how to follow the primary rules, and don't even bother to attend the caucuses.

It will also feel good to see Bolling OUT OF OFFICE PERMANENTLY next year ~ a fit punishment for SCREWING UP OUR PRIMARY. PAT has go to quit sending me emails. Makes me puke all over the screen every time I see one.

68 posted on 05/13/2012 6:26:20 PM PDT by muawiyah
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