I thought we didn’t want activist courts...the rules are clearly published, and the campaigns screwed up. Gingrich hired people who weren’t eligible to collect signatures. Simple as that. If these guys can’t get a few details right, do we really want their fingers on the red button?
In other words the required amount was met but the VA GOP decided in November that you had to have 15,000 in order to keep your signatures from being checked.
The only two who qualified ran last election (and you will notice all the candidates were on the ballot in 2008) so it's clear the VA GOP is screwing this up.
Either check Romney and Pauls signatures too or put Newt and Perry on the ballot since they met the initial requirements.
My guess is if the checked Pauls signatures, the only person left on the ballot would be MItt Romney or are we to believe Ron Paul has enough registered Republican support in every congressional district to qualify. I doubt it.
How bad would the VA GOP look when the only choice for it's voter is Mitt Romney and you can't even write in who you would like to vote for?
What are we, the HERMIT KINGDOM or something?