How do you like those ballot restrictions now? [TEA Partyers unite against this RINO fascism!!]

Politico ^ | Dec 23, 2011

[EGPWS]

One way or another we are going to have Romney shoved down our throats whether he is our choice or not.

And THAT will just guarantee 4 more years of 0bama.

When it's time, I'm ready!

[BenKenobi]

Actually the district requirement, seems to be a firewall against NOVA, which seems to be why it’s there. By requiring a candidate to have support in all the districts they ensure that just canvassing NOVA and the area isn’t enough.

[marty60]

Just a coincidence that Perry and Newt were short 2000 sigs.
Wow..just amazing.

[BenKenobi]

My experience has been that the electorate gets very little personal attention. They feel that they are taken for granted and that no one listens to them.

Doorknocking, alleviates that feeling.

[Future Useless Eater]

Something stinks to high heaven when petition-reviewers have to wait until 2am on a Saturday morning to announce their 1st-time-ever microscopic-scrutiny of voter signatures. It smells like the New Hampshire Secretary of State's office.

So, the good people of Virginia are going to be disenfranchised of their right to nominate their home-resident?

Gingrich owns only one modest HOME, and it is in Virginia. (Of all the GOP candidates, only Ron Paul's home in Texas is smaller)

The carpet-bagger Romney until recently, owned four MANSIONS, and none of them are/were in Virginia. He recently sold two, (apparently because that would look bad? ...or maybe because he spent $42 Million of his own cash in 2008 running for President?)

• Romney to nearly quadruple mansion's size

  Aug 22, 2011 –
  ... Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is planning to nearly quadruple the size of his $12 million California beachfront mansion.
  

  
  
  
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  Mitt Romney's New Hampshire Mansion

  Oct 28 2011 -
  
  The former Massachusetts governor is leading in Granite State polls. He also owns a $10 million lakefront house there.

  
  
  
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  Romney's Park City [Deer Valley, Utah] Mansion is burglarized

  Feb 26, 2009 -
  Mitt Romney's home in Park City was burglarized between Jan. 5 and Feb. 17. Nearly 20 pieces of jewelry were stolen.
  
  Police ... said the value of the stolen jewels has not been assessed yet. "I doubt that any of it's Zirconium," he said. "It would be a fairly substantial loss."
  
  Romney recently placed the 11-acre, 9,500-square-foot, seven-bedroom, 81/2-bathroom property with views of Jordanelle and the Uinta Mountains up for sale.
  
  
  [from a different story] According to the Boston Globe and CNN, the former governor of Massachusetts and his wife, Ann, have recently put two of their four homes (read: mansions) up for sale. The first, a luxurious ski “cabin” in Deer Valley that overlooks a reservoir and mountains and comes fully furnished with custom fixtures, fireplace screens, and eight full bathrooms.
  
  
• The second high-profile Romney family home for sale is in Belmont, MA and is located at 171 Marsh St., Belmont, MA. This is where the Romney’s raised their five sons, all grown and out of the nest.
  
  Worth over an estimated $200 million, Mitt Romney and family deny that they are selling because of the recession or because of the $42 million the former governor spent on his presidential campaign.

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It should be obvious that Obama's current "war on the rich" is aimed toward a mid-2012 war against the person he believes will be the GOP nominee - Romney!

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Are we to believe that the people of Virgina, (who have a lot of vested interest in keeping a strong military), they are to be given ONLY two GOP choices?

• A) an abortionist, lying obomneycare gay-marriage activist, rich Mormon weasel, who says anything to get elected, OR
• B) a tin-foil hat tri-lateral commission kook who wants to destroy our military defense (even worse than Obama), let Israel die, and legalize drug use

I think not. And either...:
- A judge will find the the voter's franchise must weigh higher than slight technical difficulties in petitions
- OR Newt will just have to win his home state's delegates by write-ins.
It worked for SENATOR Lisa Murkowski, who won by write-ins.

I could understand if the Gingrich campaign was BILLED the extra costs of verifying signatures without 'proper' addresses. (Those signatures would only need to be 'sampled' by a GOP panel to prove they were legitimate VA voters). I am confident those would be proven legitimate in great enough quantities, for Gingrich to be on the ballot.



( Gingrich-haters, please do not address or reply to me.)

[Theodore R.]

Cain lynched himself by giving money to that woman without telling Gloria Cain.

[ReneeLynn]

Just the good ole’ GOP telling us who they’ll let us vote for. Now, shut up and sit down Tea Party, that’ll be enough of that!

[Drill Thrawl]

Why would the Virginia Republican party be so gung-ho on disqualifying its LEADING Republican candidate?

Because the "party" wants Romney.

[Gideon7]

Under VA law each party applies its own rules to put candidates on its respective primary ballot. The Republican Party of Virgina could, if it wanted, pass a rule to allow you to get on the VA primary ballot if you can burp the letters from ‘A’ to ‘Z’ after drinking a gallon of Coke.

The VA law only says that if somebody manages gets at least 10,000/400 verified sigs, that person *must also* be included on the primary ballot.

Pat Murray of the Republican Party of Virgina has issued a letter stating that, in addition to Virgina’s 10000/400 requirement, that the VA GOP will also accept any candidate who gets at least 15000/600 sigs without checking names or addresses (’deemed to have been certified’).

The word ‘deemed’ has a specific legal meaning that stipulates the requirement is presumed already met.

Remember ‘Deem and Pass’ with ObamaCare? Same thing.

[Gideon7]

s/Pat Murray/Pat Mullins/

[GrandmaPatriot]

Can you give me a link to this letter please? I need to send it to a friend.

Thanks

[Darksheare]

The RINO faction controls it, and they’re bound and determiend to foist their bought and paid for man Mittens on us.
I’d love to see who emailed whom from where and when.
Apparently the GOP is interested in going the way of the Whig party as they are outright telling the people that listening to us is not in their job description.
Notice how they bristle at the mention of Tea Party.

[presently no screen name]

“lack of address”

No jobs, foreclosures, moving in with others, P.O. boxes for lack of permanency anywhere. Lots of unrest these past three years - America is not settled.

[skr]

Are write-ins not allowed?

[Darksheare]

“determiend”?

Oh yeah, THAT typo is going to metastasize.
Good going ya dunce.

[Gideon7]

See post 235. The original letter is here.

[Gideon7]

Write-ins are only accepted and counted if the VA GOP wants them.

In 2008 the VA GOP refused to accept write-ins. I don’t know if the same rule is in effect for 2012.

Search around at rpv.org with Google and you might find something (”site:rpv.org primary rules”)

[dalereed]

Anyone that doesn’t know the address they are registered at is too stupid to be taking up space on this planet!

[skr]

Thank you.

[BenKenobi]

No such right exists. The party has the right to choose their nominee. They have the right to detemine the rules by which their nominee is selected.