[Gideon7]

The VA GOP published a letter that announced that any candidate who submitted a petition with more than 15,000 signatures would not be checked (’shall be deemed to have met the threshold for qualification and will be certified’).

The letter is at http://www.rpv.org/sites/default/files/2012%20Petition%20Certification%20Process_1.pdf

Romney submitted 16,000 signatures. Newt submitted 12,000.

I am curious to know when the VA GOP invented the 15K Safe Harbor rule. The letter from the VA GOP is undated (which is itself curious). The PDF file contains a hidden Microsoft Word creation date of 12/21/2011.

[smoothsailing]

The PDF file contains a hidden Microsoft Word creation date of 12/21/2011.

Very peculiar.

Thanks for posting. :)

[muawiyah]

The Mitbot State Chairman pulled it from his nether regions!