Posted on 12/27/2011 3:12:33 AM PST by Yosemitest
“After Only 2 Qualify for Presidential Primary, Virginia GOP Chair Says State Should Change Election Law
By Terence P. Jeffrey
December 28, 2011
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I was not happy at all in signing that certification with only two names on it, Virginia GOP Chairman Pat Mullins told CNSNews.com on Tuesday.”
Read it all:
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/after-only-2-qualify-presidential-primary-virginia-gop-chair-says-state-should-change
The Virginia Board of Elections published a letter sent to the candidates, explaining the ballot access rules. In those rules, the VBE stated that the petitions required full addresses.
The RPV had nothing to do with that, or the petition format itself which is also dictated by the VBE. If someone is misinterpreting the law, it is the Virginia state Board of Elections, and they have been doing so for a long time.
The RPV is given the task of verifying the petitions. They follow the direction of the VBE, so if the VBE says addresses are required, the RPV checks addresses.
It is of course possible that the VBE did not recognize a difference between state and federal elections that actually exists in the code. I doubt people have been looking at it all that much. Remember, in most cases without an address you can’t verify a signature is a registered voter. If the voter provided the last 4 digits of the SS number, that might uniquely identify them so an address would be redundant.
Virginia state Board of Elections
Follow the $$.
Like with Cain.
Or Trump.
Someone found something important to them and squeezed.
“As we see here, it WAS the Republi-Tard Party who ‘Changed the Rules’”
On the advice and authority of which operatives and of what party?
I wish I could believe the conspiracies, because then it would suggest competence. But sadly, that’s not what is at play here.
I am serious, not conspiratorial. Who are the advisors and influencers that made this happen?
Thank you
Your reformatting of the article to add your own spin is not appreciated.
That's because you did not post from the original source which is here: Virginia 2011 Independent Candidate for Legislature has Big Impact on 2012 Presidential Primary from Ballot Access News.
The RPV had nothing to do with that, or the petition format itself which is also dictated by the VBE. If someone is misinterpreting the law, it is the Virginia state Board of Elections, and they have been doing so for a long time.
Really? The presidential candidates for the 2008 Presidential primary elections did not need to submit addresses for their signatures... nor were they checked for validity.
So, to you, less than four years is 'a long time'?
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