[going hot]

So, over 10,000 signatures submitted, but 2,000 disqualified due to mismatched addresses.

Seems 20% moved between elections, and this is grounds for denying the candidate (s) a position on the ballot??

neat trick, if they can pull it off.

I would have lawyers all over this so quick they would be amazed.

[BenKenobi]

I’ve worked as a canvasser previously. Let’s see.

6 weeks of canvassing netted me 400 signitures.

You’re telling me that Newt couldn’t round up 20k sigs in VA? Me and about 10 others depending on how we were spread out over the state could do it in a month.

Newt dropped the ball here, which is a pity.

[gleeaikin]

I am circulating petitions in another jurisdiction. The elections board warns us to get the address very carefully, including the words street, road, place, terrace, etc. Also to be sure they are printed legibly. I have looked at some of the petitions others have gathered and this information is barely or not even legible and missing at times.

Training petition signature gatherers is very important. We had an opportunity to attend a 1 1/2 hour training by the elections board. I also carry Registration forms with me so if a person has moved I can hand it in with the change of address. Unfortunately, then I also have to go back and get the signature AFTER I have hand carried the Registration form to the elections board. The process is not easy, thus the need for a disciplined, careful campaign organization. I suspect that Newt did not have that in place. In my jurisdiction there is a 10 day opportunity to challenge rejections, no need to go to court.

Here is a link about the Newt rejection. It has over 2,000 comments, some of which are quite interesting. One commenter suggested that he should have gotten 15,000 signatures. I was told I should get about twice the number of signatures required for my candidate. I am linking this, not because I am a Huff Post enthusiast, but because it is what comes up on my AOL email page.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/24/newt-gingrich-virginia-gop-primary_n_1168634.html?ncid=webmail17

[MissMagnolia]

Seems 20% moved between elections, ...

The economy is so bad under Obama, they couldn't afford to stay in their houses ... just sayin' .....

[Tennessee Nana]

Other Tennesseans chime in..

But if I had moved since the last election from one election precinct to0 another

and had not gone to the election commision and changed my voter registration...

I wouldnt be a registed voter..

I could turn up at the local school etc in my new precint to vote but i would be denied the opportunity because I would not be listed on the printouts from their current datebase...

To vote in TN you must be registered 30 days before the election...

and I would think to be one of those eligible to sign for Newt you would have to have a valid CURRENT voter registration...

For the Feb 15 early voting in TN if I wasnt registered, I would have to go to the election office by Friday Jan 13 to register...

(I always go in and check mine a couple of months ahead anyway...

just to make sure Im still on their list..)

If in 2008 I was living on Main Street and went to the local Lincoln High School to vote ...

But now Ive moved to Winding Road in another precinct..

and I havent bothered to change my info

Its no use going to Smith Elementry near Winding Road on Feb 15..

They dont have me on their lists..

and its no use back to Lincoln if my drivers license now says Winding Road..

They’ll tell me I dont live in their precinct so i cant vote there..

So technically I am now not a registered voter..

I realize that a voter in that position still has a couple of weeks to get that straightened out in order to vote...

But at the time they signed that petition for Newt

They were not a eligible registered voter..

Its a pity nobody made sure about that..

The volunteers were not trained properly..

and names without addresses ???

again poor training..

and when people said they didnt want to give their address etc ???

Dont take their name to count them without all the necessary info..

again lack of training..

I dont think challenging the ineligibility thing is going to fly..

Newt and his campaign staff had the responsibility to get it all done right..

also its easy for a RomneyBot from another state etc to go to VA and pretend to support Newt..

By messing up Newts petition by a few votes they rendered him ineligible and no longer a vital threat to Willie Mitty..

Would the Paulites do that also ???

Maybe...

But they would have taken out Romney too...

No its more like Romney and his Democrat buddies..