Posted on 12/27/2011 3:48:28 PM PST by TBBT
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has filed suit in federal court against the Virginia Republican Party and the Virginia Board of Elections in order to gain a spot on the Commonwealth's primary ballot. Perry was excluded after the party found he had not submitted enough valid signatures by the deadline last Thursday. His campaign submitted 6,000 of the required 10,000, according to the suit. The lawsuit alleges that Perry's 1st and 14th Amendment rights were violated by the requirement that those circulating the petitions also be eligible or registered voters of Virginia. Failure to get on the ballot is a major embarrassment for the struggling Perry campaign — but he is not alone. Another one-time GOP frontrunner, Newt Gingrich, also failed to qualify. "Gov. Perry greatly respects the citizens and history of the Commonwealth of Virginia and believes Virginia Republicans should have greater access to vote for one of the several candidates for President of the United States," Perry communications director Ray Sullivan said in a statement. "Virginia ballot access rules are among the most onerous and are particularly problematic in a multi-candidate election. We believe that the Virginia provisions unconstitutionally restrict the rights of candidates and voters by severely restricting access to the ballot, and we hope to have those provisions overturned or modified to provide greater ballot access to Virginia voters and the candidates seeking to earn their support."
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"The Cooch" will need to respond to that on behalf of the Commonwealth ...... and he literally has it in his power to RUIN Romney.I'm not up on VA slang... who is the cooch? Anyone who "literally has it in his power to RUIN Romney" is all right by me as long as he does the right thing and ruins Ronmey over this. And if it takes down the conniving weasels: Rexrode, Mullins, and Bolling in the process, all the better! |
“The Cooch” is the Attorney General for VA aka Ken Cuccinelli
It’s theoretically possible for an organized effort to use a primary (open or closed) to choose a different nominee; many Republicans tried that in several states to vote for Hillary in 2008. Nonetheless, Obama still won. It could happen, but, IMO, it’s very unlikely.
“The Cooch” is the Attorney General for VA aka Ken CuccinelliAhhh... I should have known. Thanks. Cuccinelli is a GOOD man! He should take over as U.S. Attorney General if we can somehow pry Obama's sorry a** out of there. (And Romney can't accomplish that) |
It's ridiculous that Virginia voters get to chose only between a nut case and a loser.
Limbaugh and others had no idea how despised the Hildabeast had become.
Easy when it's an open primary of course - anyone can vote - could be done in a much looser effort. Harder in a closed state - some states control how often you can switch parties. Much more difficult to coordinate a massive party switch in a closed state. Obviously much easier to control a party-switching problem in a closed state.
Open primaries make no sense to me and as far as I'm concerned it is a fiasco for the party holding the primary.
The Virginia GOP is requiring voters to sign a loyalty oath to vote on the GOP ballot March 6th. That’s probably as close to a closed GOP primary we will get in Virginia. No doubt, a closed primary would give the party more control. I’m not aware of any movement to include party affiliation on the voter registration database.
Our Atty Gen in TX is a badass, too, Greg Abbott.
You don’t know what a relief it is having him.
I always thought OpChaos was the worst idea ever until it kicked over a few rocks on how RATS try to disenfranchise other RATS’ bases, like in Vegas.
I still get queasy thinking about OpChaos.
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