[mnehring]

Not good. Who is in charge of ‘disqualifying’ signatures. A 10% buffer seems enough to take into account some bad ones.

[ak267]

At first I was miffed, but folks, the rules were posted a long time ago. It’s a matter of (1) leadership, (2) organization, (3) money and (4) boots on the ground.

I just saw this on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6FEZYa1VFo

[usconservative]

Not good. Who is in charge of ‘disqualifying’ signatures. A 10% buffer seems enough to take into account some bad ones.

Can't speak for Virginia but the general rule of thumb is to have 30% above the required number of signatures here in the People's Socialist RepuliK of Illannoyed in order to survive any ballot challenges.

My own opinion is going in with anything less than that is a fools errand as it's so easy to find bad signatures or duplicate signatures (same signature on different candidate ballots) which are easy enough ti disqualify. In a race like this, it's a whole other game when candidates begin challenging each other's petitions too. In heavily contested races, having 50% more than required is considered safe.

Once again, Perry appears to be taking a hit because of his own staff's incompetence.

[AmericanExceptionalist]

A 10% buffer seems enough to take into account some bad ones.

Actually, that is almost a 20 percent buffer; and that really seems like it should be sufficient.