Posted on 01/13/2012 2:58:33 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Many of Mitt Romney's presidential challengers are having trouble fulfilling a fundamental requirement of running for public office: getting on the ballot.
Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry and Jon Huntsman have all failed to qualify for the ballot in at least one upcoming GOP primary. In other states, they have failed to file full slates of delegates with state or party officials, raising questions about whether these candidates have the resources to wage effective national campaigns.
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No write in for primaries?
They were exempt the rules. Romney is a cheater and
long planned this. Coward, he is.
I think its time for us to demand that our states stop wasting money on pretend primaries. It would anger a lot of people but they should be angry about our primary system that lets a tiny fraction of voters choose for us.
Personally I like the 5 primary dates with 10 regionally diverse states idea.
tell the stupid candidates who expect to be elected to run the country but can’t seem to follow simple election rules.
No tolerance for rookie errors like this.
In what states did they get exemptions. I heard the problem in virginia was that they changed/toughened signature validation rules a month before the due-date, while the campaigns were underway. A sort of switching horses in mid-stream, as it were.
Hmmmm.....
I have NO tolerance for Willard Flopney!
Governor Willard-led Taxachusetts.....the result:
Strike one = Romneycare with public option, intrusive mandates, death panel exchanges, and massive federal subsidies including subsidized $50 abortions through Planned Parenthood
Strike two = Flagrantly appointing tons of ulta-liberal judges
Strike three = A pathetic 47th in job creation as a massive business tax increasing governor after first, shipping American jobs to China for many years as a Bain executive
Speaker Gingrich-led Republicans….the result:
* Four consecutive balanced budgets
* Over $500 billion of debt paid off
* Major welfare reform accomplished
* 11 million new jobs for America
* Unemployment falling to under 4%.
Maybe you could take the time to look at the useless stupid GOP in States that make the crazy rules. Kind of remind me of the useless tax code that there is not a human in this Country could understand. Should be one rule for all States and all States must include all certifies candidates. We a looking more like communists Russia every day.
I’ll be voting for the nonestablishment candidate to let the folks know i’m not happy. I’ll have to think seriously about my general election choice.
States’ Rights’ Advocates win one in a federal court!
The Republican "rules" in VA are total nonsense. Engineered to keep out the non-establishment candidates by stealth. When Newt Gingrich & Rick Perry fail to qualify there is a problem. Let this play out. If Romney fails to get a majority going into the convention, we might have some real fun. The DC slugs are playing with fire.
Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator who came within a few votes of winning the Iowa caucuses, failed to get on the ballot in Virginia or the District of Columbia. His campaign also filed incomplete slates of delegates in Illinois and Ohio, which could limit his ability to win delegates in those key states.
Santorum is the only major candidate who will be left off the ballot in the District of Columbia primary April 3, said Paul Craney, executive director of the DC Republican Committee. The party provides two ways to get on the ballot: Pay $10,000, or pay $5,000 and collect signatures from 296 registered Republicans in the heavily Democratic capital city.
"It's not easy, but it can be done, if you are a serious presidential candidate," Craney said. "All the presidential candidates who are serious about winning the nomination will be on the D.C. ballot."
The requirements to get on the GOP ballot in Arizona are pretty easy -- all you have to do is fill out a two-page form. Twenty-three candidates managed to do it properly, so they will be on the ballot for the state's Feb. 28 primary.
Huntsman, however, was left off the ballot because his filing had a photocopied signature and wasn't notarized, said Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett.
Perry, the Texas governor, made the ballot in Illinois, but he will only be eligible to win one delegate in the state's March 20 primary -- a contest in which 54 delegates will be up for grabs.
The Republican "rules" in VA are total nonsense. Engineered to keep out the non-establishment candidates by stealth. When Newt Gingrich & Rick Perry fail to qualify there is a problem. Let this play out. If Romney fails to get a majority going into the convention, we might have some real fun. The DC slugs are playing with fire.
The rules are set by the state, not the political parties. We have open primaries and no registration by party. The primaries are administered by the state borafd of elections.
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