[Future Useless Eater]

From GOP Chairman’s (Dave Rexrode's 12/21) letter:

“If any candidate submits fewer than 15,000 signatures of registered voters on valid petitions statewide or fewer than 600 signatures of registered voters on valid petitions in one or more of the 11 Congressional Districts, the Republican Party of Virginia will individually verify signatures until the 10,000 signature statewide threshold and/or 400 per Congressional district is met.”

Seems like a legal promise that the verification process is ongoing-— no deadline. The omitted candidates should be allowed to amend their petitions to meet the threshold— so long as they can amass the requisite support.

Wow! Good point. That bogus letter DOES suggest that there is NO DEADLINE. The RPV WILL VERIFY signatures UNTIL the 10,000 threshold ...

Newt should do like the movie "Mr. Smith goes to Washington" and deliver thousands more petitions later this week. ... OR call and ask the 2000 signers with no address to amend their petitions.

And why give Romney a pass at all? Why wouldn't the RPV verify Romney's UNTIL they reached 10,000 valid? It has to be they were worried the exhaustive extra scrutiny could have knocked out Romney too.

[Gideon7]

Candidates must agree in writing with their respective parties not to litigate intra-party disputes. This is SOP in any election. (You can never sue your own party.)

Candidates can only submit their dispute to arbitration before the party rules committee.

By state law the RPV has to turn their slate in to the State Board of Elections no later than 5pm tomorrow (12/27).

RPV Executive Director David Rexrode has already announced that even if Newt petitioned the VA GOP Rules Committee, said committee will not meet before tomorrow. So Newt has no recourse. The VA GOP will not be changing the slate.

I suspect the VA GOP won’t even turn in Newt or Perry’s petitions.