Posted on 12/23/2011 3:44:52 PM PST by TBBT
Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry failed to submit enough valid signatures to qualify for the Virginia primary ballot, state GOP officials said Friday evening.
Perry’s campaign told state election officials it had submitted 11,911 signatures, but a Virginia Republican familiar with the situation said that the Texas governor did not submit the required 10,000.
Earlier Friday, the Republican Party of Virginia certified former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) to appear in the March ballot.
Four candidates — Romney, Perry, Paul and former House speaker Newt Gingrich — turned in thousands of signatures by the deadline. State party officials are spending the day certifying the signataries.
They have not examined Gingrich’s signatures yet, but expected to do so by late Friday night.
Candidates had until 5 p.m. to collect 10,000 signatures from across the state, including 400 from each congressional district.
Republican presidential candidates Michele Bachmann, Jon Huntsman and Rick Santorum did not submit signatures, according to state GOP officials
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This election is such a goat rope!
What a clusterfark.
So far, only Romney and the Romulan are qualified to be on the ballot in the VA primary. Bachmann, Santorum and Huntsman didn’t even try. Gingrich’s signatures are still being validated, and he may or may not qualify. Perry has been disqualified, unless this report turns out to be discredited.
Weird.
You
LOL... goat rope works, but I think more in terms of a monkey and a football. ;>)
“That would leave Romney and Ron Paul on VA Ballot.”
There were a lot of Ron Paul people on the street corners in Ridgeland (Greater Jackson) Mississippi today. I don’t know for what particular reason, but they were out in force promoting their candidate. Very dedicated, all male, mixed races from early 20s to mid 50s in age. They appeared very motivated and confident.
Christmas traffic made for a lot of exposure too.
Fair enough.
Well, it doesn’t matter how many signatures were submitted if fewer than 10K are registered VA voters. That is exactly why Romney and Paul submitted 15K or more.
Honestly, if this is true, it makes me sick. Perry’s ground troops let him down, big time. And he has support at the top levels of the RPV. I’ll wait, tho, until I hear from Pat Mullins, Chmn of the RPV, instead of WaPo and ABC echoing WaPo.
I hope these reports are wrong. If Perry is still in the race by March, VA has a very simple write-in, so all is not lost for his camp, tho this wouldn’t help either practically or as a perception of the campaign’s competence.
“Weird.”
Very.
Kiss my grits!
Ats all very suspicious.
Kinky Freidman.
He tries again every election though...
How did they come to that conclusion so fast?
“Maybe Perry will get “Amnesty” from the VA GOP?”
Perry knew the rules and I doubt they will be willing to bend the rules and use Affirimative Action to help Perry.
All the states should have their primary on the same day. I don’t like other states, the media, or anyone else picking my candidate for me.
What’s also curious is that this VA news is dropped on friday night going into the holidays, on the week before Iowa.
Why drop this news now?
To detract from gains in Iowa? Where Perry is gaining ground?
Good question.
Cult members generally are “very motivated and confident.”
And this “open” primary stuff is a sham.
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