You’re saying they checked addresses in 2008, not just names?
I’m saying the checked addresses in 2009. I can’t find any person directly involved in 2008 who is saying what they did then. I don’t have a relationship with the guy who ran the RPV in 2008, and I haven’t figured out who else to e-mail. I was able to verify they checked in detail in 2009, for the petitions to get into the nominating convention.
I know if I were running a check, I’d include addresses, although if they didn’t have a good electronic means of doing that, it may have been too hard in 2008.
Since the forms say addresses are required, and the VBE advised the campaigns that addresses are required, I don’t see why any candidate would think otherwise.
The problem I’m having with this argument is that I don’t see a problem with the RPV checking addresses, even if they didn’t in the last presidential election. It would explain why it was harder this time than last, but not how Ron Paul was able to get on the ballot while Perry and Gingrich could not. Paul had his addresses checked. And I’m sure if I had collected signatures, I would have gotten good addresses of real registered voters.
I would have been happy of course if they had not checked at all, and we could have just assumed all was well. I don’t like the outcome, but I’m not going to trash the RPV for doing what i believe to be a rational thing just because it turned out badly.