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Virginia Attorney General Intervenes in GOP Primary Ballot Dispute
foxnews.com ^ | 12/31/2011 | Carl Cameron

Posted on 12/31/2011 9:43:16 AM PST by TBBT

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is intervening in the Virginia presidential primary dispute and plans to file emergency legislation to address the inability of most Republican presidential candidates to get their name on the ballot, Fox News has learned. Only Mitt Romney and Ron Paul qualified for the Virginia primary, a contest with 49 delegates up for grabs. The failure of other candidates to qualify -- notably Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry -- led to complaints that the 10,000-signature requirement is too stringent. Cuccinelli, who is a Republican, shared the concerns. "Recent events have underscored that our system is deficient," he said in a statement. "Virginia owes her citizens a better process. We can do it in time for the March primary if we resolve to do so quickly." Cuccinelli's proposal is expected to state that if the Virginia Board of Elections certifies that a candidate is receiving federal matching funds, or has qualified to receive them, that candidate will upon request be automatically added to the ballot. Two former Democratic attorneys general are also backing the move, along with a former Democratic state party chairman and a former Republican state party chairman. Former state Attorney General Tony Troy called the Virginia process a "legal and constitutional embarrassment."

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: ballot; cuccinelli; elections; gingrich; gopprimary; mafia; officiouscriminals; perry; publiccorruption; publicfags; va2012; virginia
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To: CainConservative

I assume you can read the polls., well may be not.


81 posted on 12/31/2011 12:13:35 PM PST by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by "AMNESTY" Newt, Willard, Perry and nervous supporters.)
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To: gargoyle
...In other words the few shall decide for the good of all?

Do you real think it has ever been any different? Not a obvious i the past, but there are always those do gooders, that never give you rest. Even Tocqueville noted that they never give you rest.

82 posted on 12/31/2011 12:16:27 PM PST by itsahoot (Throw them all out! Especially the Frugal Socialists who call themselves Republicans.)
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To: org.whodat

Show me all the Virginia primary polling where Newt is losing, kid?


83 posted on 12/31/2011 12:21:32 PM PST by CainConservative ( Newt/Rubio 2012 with Cain, Bolton, Santorum, Perry, Watts, Duncan, & Bachmann in Newt's Cabinet)
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To: org.whodat

The two recent VA polls at Real Clear Politics:

Virginia Republican Presidential Primary Polling Data

Poll Date Sample Gingrich Romney Paul Perry Bachmann Huntsman Santorum Cain Spread

Quinnipiac 12/13 - 12/19 489 RV 30 25 9 6 6 4 3 — Gingrich +5
PPP (D) 12/11 - 12/13 350 RV 41 15 6 8 8 3 6 — Gingrich +26

And we know Newt should get the lion’s share of fellow conservatives - Perry, Bachmann, Cain, and Santorum voters by time VA rolls around.


84 posted on 12/31/2011 12:28:31 PM PST by CainConservative ( Newt/Rubio 2012 with Cain, Bolton, Santorum, Perry, Watts, Duncan, & Bachmann in Newt's Cabinet)
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To: Parley Baer

A voice of reason and common sense. The article did say that Governor McDonnell was in favor of this.


85 posted on 12/31/2011 12:31:39 PM PST by duffee (NEWT 2012)
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To: tennmountainman
but how did the Governor of VA cause the rest of the pack not to get enough legal signatures to qualify? Are u saying it’s the Governors fault for the lack of legal signatures?

You do know that this is the first year any petitions have been counted right? You do no that Mitt and RuPaul were not counted this year right?

I have said before, this is simply a hole card that had never been played, when it began to look like they needed it, out it came.

86 posted on 12/31/2011 12:35:01 PM PST by itsahoot (Throw them all out! Especially the Frugal Socialists who call themselves Republicans.)
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To: CainConservative
LOL, national polls show noot losing by a bigger margin to obummer every week. Do you think noots plunge to the bottom is separate from the state of Virginia and people there are too dumb to read and they do not know he is no winner. When you are forced too hire people to try and get your name on the ballot you are not much. Hell I could have gotten four hundred signatures for Cain in two days in the ninth district by my self.
87 posted on 12/31/2011 12:35:10 PM PST by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by "AMNESTY" Newt, Willard, Perry and nervous supporters.)
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To: CainConservative

Look for a fake push poll to come out soon showing Romney in lead when in reality Newt continues to lead the polls in VA, the state where he currently resides!

GO NEWT !


88 posted on 12/31/2011 12:35:36 PM PST by show
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To: CainConservative
Those polls are meaningless, that was the start of the noot plunge to the bottom.
89 posted on 12/31/2011 12:37:54 PM PST by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by "AMNESTY" Newt, Willard, Perry and nervous supporters.)
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To: sillipuddi

Gov. McDonnell hasn’t endorsed anyone.


92 posted on 12/31/2011 12:49:50 PM PST by Hoodat (Because they do not change, Therefore they do not fear God. -Psalm 55:19-)
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To: sheikdetailfeather
Per the Journal Editorial Report on Fox News...Newts slide has stopped in Iowa due to his jobs and economy focus.

Sorry, Fox. Newt's slide has stopped because he finally got some cash to answer the negative ads.

93 posted on 12/31/2011 12:54:00 PM PST by ez (When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail. | FR Class of '98 |)
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To: org.whodat

Newt was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, lived in Georgia and now Virginia.

Romney is not popular with the Republican base. There is no way he would win the General election without the Republican base. All he will have in the Primaries are a handful of Blue States with low population.


94 posted on 12/31/2011 12:55:41 PM PST by show
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To: verga

AG Cuccinelli impresses me, he may be Virginia’s equivalent of Marco Rubio. I hope he continues to speak up and project himself for future office at a national level. God knows the GOP needs people like he appears to be.


95 posted on 12/31/2011 1:00:02 PM PST by izzatzo ( Anybody but Obamney and Huntsman--Bachmann/Santorum 2012.)
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To: show
What does willards have to do with it, other than he and paul, collected nearly 15,000 signatures each. Which put them beyond the margin of error. Same as not counting the mail in vote unless the election is close. If old willard can destroy noot with 2 million in ads what can obummer do with 500,000 million.
96 posted on 12/31/2011 1:10:20 PM PST by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by "AMNESTY" Newt, Willard, Perry and nervous supporters.)
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To: TBBT

Bout dang time.


97 posted on 12/31/2011 1:31:54 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: mwl8787
If I'm not mistaken they changed the RULES in Nov. They changed the playing field to reap the results we are seeing now. That is unfair. Once something is started, in most all things it is Grandfathered in. Any changes of rules would only apply in the next or 2016 election.

You can't simply at will move the goal post.

98 posted on 12/31/2011 2:07:13 PM PST by annieokie
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To: mrsmith
State law. The law requires 10,000 signatures from registered voters and they didn’t get them.

Wrong!! Get your facts straight. This is NOT a state law. It's the VA GOP RULE which was changed in Oct. of this year to the rule that they had to be verified. In the past it was just 10000 signatures which Gingrich and Perry did receive.

99 posted on 12/31/2011 2:14:42 PM PST by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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To: TBBT

WTF with Santorum and Bachmann did they even come close or bother to get signatures?


100 posted on 12/31/2011 2:18:30 PM PST by Fred (Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught - Oscar Wilde)
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