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.
However, when five candidates that otherwise appear to be in the final running are disqulified, simply because 20% of the addresses do not agree, someone is screwing with the process.
When i ran for office years ago, i did not go out to get as many signatures as i could, I simply got enough, and a few more for insurance. NO doubt here the candidates that did get over 10,000, assumed they had enough valid ones, and they would have, if the rules were not changed to allow deletions based on address of registrant.
“6 weeks of canvassing netted me 400 signatures. 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.”
They underestimated the cupidity of the VA gop, and he obviously never ran as a third party candidate before. Third parties know what lengths states will go to to deny you a place on the ballot.
If they say 10,000 signatures, you’d better plan to get double that and check as many of them as you can yourself.