Something stinks to high heaven when petition-reviewers have to wait until 2am on a Saturday morning to announce their 1st-time-ever microscopic-scrutiny of voter signatures. It smells like the New Hampshire Secretary of State's office. So, the good people of Virginia are going to be disenfranchised of their right to nominate their home-resident? Gingrich owns only one modest HOME, and it is in Virginia. (Of all the GOP candidates, only Ron Paul's home in Texas is smaller)
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The carpet-bagger Romney until recently, owned four MANSIONS, and none of them are/were in Virginia. He recently sold two, (apparently because that would look bad? ...or maybe because he spent $42 Million of his own cash in 2008 running for President?)
Are we to believe that the people of Virgina, (who have a lot of vested interest in keeping a strong military), they are to be given ONLY two GOP choices?
I think not. And either...: - A judge will find the the voter's franchise must weigh higher than slight technical difficulties in petitions - OR Newt will just have to win his home state's delegates by write-ins. It worked for SENATOR Lisa Murkowski, who won by write-ins. I could understand if the Gingrich campaign was BILLED the extra costs of verifying signatures without 'proper' addresses. (Those signatures would only need to be 'sampled' by a GOP panel to prove they were legitimate VA voters). I am confident those would be proven legitimate in great enough quantities, for Gingrich to be on the ballot. ( Gingrich-haters, please do not address or reply to me.) |
Anyone that doesn’t know the address they are registered at is too stupid to be taking up space on this planet!
No such right exists. The party has the right to choose their nominee. They have the right to detemine the rules by which their nominee is selected.
I hope you’re right and the courts allow both Gingrich and Perry on the ballot. While my ox isn’t the one being gored here, I still don’t like it one little bit. I think it’s fundamentally wrong. I’m not optimistic about a court challenge, though.
As for allowing a write-in, it’s not required by VA law.
I don’t care that Romney is wealthy. I admire that.
I DO bloody mind that a Romney robot has apparently changed the prior (2008 and before) means of signature-checking, without notice to OTHER candidates, at the last minute!!!