From GOP Chairman’s letter:
“If any candidate submits fewer than 15,000 signatures of registered voters on valid petitions statewide or fewer than 600 signatures of registered voters on valid petitions in one or more of the 11 Congressional Districts, the Republican Party of Virginia will individually verify signatures until the 10,000 signature statewide threshold and/or 400 per Congressional district is met.”
Seems like a legal promise that the verification process is ongoing-— no deadline. The omitted candidates should be allowed to amend their petitions to meet the threshold— so long as they can amass the requisite support.
From Wow! Good point. That bogus letter DOES suggest that there is NO DEADLINE. The RPV WILL VERIFY signatures UNTIL the 10,000 threshold ... Newt should do like the movie "Mr. Smith goes to Washington" and deliver thousands more petitions later this week. ... OR call and ask the 2000 signers with no address to amend their petitions. And why give Romney a pass at all? Why wouldn't the RPV verify Romney's UNTIL they reached 10,000 valid? It has to be they were worried the exhaustive extra scrutiny could have knocked out Romney too. |