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Despite the announcement, Chapman said he was oblivious about the file deadline. Nor did he receive any other notification from the committee about specific filing details, he said.

"I had no idea there was a deadline," Chapman said. "We had a fundraiser the night before and it never came up. No one in my campaign knew there was a deadline."

If you plan to run for an office, don't you think you should at least inquire as to what the filing deadline is Steve?

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If he did not know there was a deadline, then he's incompetent.

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Such a low hurdle, that mandatory filing deadline, yet Chapman was unable to avoid stumbling over it. There is more to getting elected than throwing fundraising events and filing lawsuits.

It is a great example to support why I'm opposed to a single national primary day. Sure, flipping flapjacks in New Hampshire seems sort of silly, but these little traditions and quirks from each state's local primaries gives us a chance to see how candidates handle the routine stuff. They might complain about how they are supposed to master all these local rituals, but the real trick is for them to have the organizing capability to assemble a staff that can figure all that stuff out. That is the real test.