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Posted on 12/29/2011 11:59:17 AM PST by smoothsailing
December 29th, 2011
U.S. District Court Judge John A. Gibney of Virginia has set a hearing in Rick Perry’s presidential primary ballot access lawsuit. He will consider Perry’s request for injunctive relief on January 13. In the meantime, he has established a briefing schedule, and also has instructed attorneys for Perry to communicate with all other Republican presidential primary candidates who had filed a declaration of candidacy, to explain to them how they may intervene in the lawsuit. This shows foresight and thoughtfulness on the part of the judge. The case is Perry v Judd, 3:11-cv-856. Judge Gibney is an Obama appointee. The issue is the state’s ban on out-of-state circulators.
Yep, that would be great, a Federal Court telling a state political party what there rules have to be.
I never thought I'd see support for something like this on a "conservative" site.
The ‘toads’ changed the rules recently and all candidates’ signatures were not verified. Apparently Romney & Paul’s were not checked.....different set of standards depending on how many were submitted.
Also only registered VA residents were allowed to collect signatures.
I hope all the details eventually come out....I think Perry has a strong case and the VA voters should thank him for making sure they have more than two choices in their Primary.
Any idea why Santorum & Bachmann did not try to submit signatures?
Well, if it pisses you off, it's certainly worthwhile! :)
That was back when he had pretenses of being a conservative. No conservative would ever want a Federal judge interfering with the internal rules of a state political party. That's DU type stuff.
He’s not challenging the VAGOP, he’s challenging VA state law.
That often happens when you pledge allegiance to a Myth..
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Right, the judge acknowledged a second printing may be required....
“Gibney said that if Perry prevails in the case, state election officials may have to print the ballots a second time. The judge set a deadline of Jan. 6 for the other Republican presidential candidates to intervene in the case.”
“Rep. Ron Paul submitted just under 15,000, and was submitted to signature-by-signature scrutiny on the same basis as the other candidates who submitted fewer than 15,000 signatures. After more than 7 hours of work, RPV determined that Rep. Paul had cleared the statutory 10,000/400 signature standard...”
http://www.rpv.org/node/1037
So, I guess in the 1800's you'd be all for arresting people involved with the Underground Railroad?
The reason the federal courts accepted this as a federal case is that it affects the country nationwide. If this had just been a state problem for Virginia to deal with, then the state could have dealt with it in and of itself, but when something a state does involves the entire country or at least affects the entire country, it then is considered a federal issue, not a simple state issue.
Ouch!
That’s a significant decision that should have been in the article.
But wait - there's more. VA is an "open" primary. The Democrats can vote to eliminate the best conservatives.
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't a-get you
Then the left one will
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford.
Bump.
Very good! You can definitely prove discriminatory treatment. Romney and Paul had run there before and were not subjected to the same weird scrutiny as Gingrich and Perry. The other three candidates didn’t even plan to run in VA, so they wouldn’t have been on the ballot anyway.
Also, from what I have read, the verification was a computerized scan that would have rejected an address if the signatory had written “St.” instead of “Street,” if the latter had been what he had put on his initial registration.
Not that intrade is so special ... but Rick Perry comes in third in Florida!
LOL!
I’ m sure that proves to an idiot that Governors should break the law.
Good for Perry, good for Liberty and good for America.
So you will follow a law, no matter how unethical it is or how much it disenfranchises people. Got it. You would have been very happy in 30's Germany.
I imagine that oath has something to do with “I will vote for the eventual nominee no matter which RINO s**tbird the elites shove down our throats.”
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