The Code of Virginia establishes the rules by which party candidates can get on the ballot. Why is that surprising to you?
The primaries are implemented by the state, and the state has a law with rules that must be followed.
Back in may, the Virginia Board of Elections sent out a 4-page memo explaining the rules to all the candidates. That memo is published on their web site (I had a link this morning, and lost it).
The RPV is involved only in that the RPV is tasked under the law with verifying the signatures. Some have suggested that the RPV used to be lax in verification, and then there was a lawsuit, and now they were being more serious.
But the 10,000 signature requirement is in the law, it’s not something the RPV made up.
Charles, the original article I read (and I admit I have not researched this at all) quoted the Virginia Code which referenced specifically the Republican Party.
The implication was that there are different rules for each of the parties, and that was what I objected to. If that is not the case, I have no issue.
From further posts, it appears that some elements of the Republican procedure are NOT mandated by the sections of the Virginia Code governing Presidential elections. It appears that this is a mess, and perhaps does offer the possibility of injunctive relief.