Virginia AG Intervenes in GOP Ballot Dispute as Blocked Candidates Join Suit

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Conservative Byte
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Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is intervening in his state’s 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.

Meanwhile, four GOP candidates on Saturday joined fellow candidate Rick Perry’s lawsuit against the state, urging the Board of Elections to either allow them on the ballot or at least refrain from taking any action until a Jan. 13 court hearing.

Only Mitt Romney and Ron Paul qualified for the Virginia primary, a contest with 49 delegates up for grabs. Perry and the four candidates joining the lawsuit — Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum and Jon Huntsman — did not.

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  • Concerned Citizen

    It seems that the Attoney General of Virginia is up for a good court battle. He can not deprive someone from being on the VA ballot just because he’s in Holder(man’s) and Obumo’s back pocket. I hope these candidates win the challenge in federal court. You have to be on the VA ballot to be president. You have to be on the ballot for all 50 states and VA is one of the states. Obumer didn’t qualify for most states’ ballots in 2008. He and Hitlery cheated if they couldn’t get on a ballot. Now, in 2012, the state of Virginia is fine tooth combing the candidates for the election so they do not qualify to run against Obumer. See website: http://www.haasstrep68.com

    • wordmaster

      No, you don’t have to be on the ballots of all states to become president. Actually, if you are only on the ballots of the 12 most populous states and you win the primary in all of them, you will have enough electorial votes to win.

      Also, this is not a vote for the president. This is a vote for the republican candidate for president.

      As only two candidates took the time to obey the VA law and do what was needed to get on the ballot, it is pretty damn sorry of the others to use a lawsuit to get on the ballot without doing what VA law says you need to do. They didn’t take the time to know and follow the law so now they should shut up and leave it alone.

      After all, VA only has 7 delegates so its not like it is a really important state to win. It is sickening to watch these lazy fools try to get on the ballot the “easy” way after they could not get on the legal way.

      • Doc

        Let me guess, RP for Prez?

        “For those who have fought for it freedom has a sweet taste the protected will never know”

        • JoJo

          I’m not a RP for Prez, but I have to agree with Wordmaster that it’s pretty sorry that someone running for the highest office IN THE WORLD didn’t bother to hire someone to oversee the simplest of things like BEING ON THE BALLOT. It’s such a no-brainer that it makes me wonder….and no, I can’t stand Romney either.

          • http://Hotmail.com Major Daniel P. Corcoran

            Wordmaster is correct! They all had the same opportunities to submit the required documents to fulfill the Va. state requirements. THEY failed to do so in a timely manner!

        • Robert

          Those people who fight for freedom give more money to ron paul then all the other republican candidates combined. The troops don’t support endless nation building, Ron Paul supports the troops.

          • falling

            Our troops do not support RP…in fact they mostly just think he is an old fool!

      • John

        Newt, at least, had enough signatures on what was turned in. He was denied because of some questionable calls on whether or not those signatures passed scrutiny. He lives in Virginia after all. Do you really think he didn’t do what he thought was enough to make the ballot?

        • http://yahoo marty James

          funny how no one scrutinized Maobama’s list of signatures in 2008….

          • robert

            your 100% right,if they would have scrutinized ovomits ballot,they would have found half of them illegal aliens and half died 4 decades ago.thats how caked sh– got in.

        • patriotrenegade

          NO he didn’t. He wants to discard the Constitution a la toffler so why would HE care about the rules? Any CFR is real bad news. soros-CFR, knewtie fruitcake-CFR.

          • Evermyrtle

            He wants to dish the constitution? I thought he had almost completely trashed it already.!!!

          • http://deleted cmh391

            Excellent post, Patriot. And great reply, Evermyrtle. It’s so great to know that there are actually informed people posting here.
            Sometimes I read comments and really worry for our country.
            I’m especially annoyed with those who only make their decision based on what they heard on the LSM. Lazy voters got us in the mess we’re in now.

        • Sonja

          You are right, the whole thing looks like the “left” pushing to make sure he isn’t on the ballot.

        • falling

          Obama, Ron Paul and Romney did not have their signatures scrutinized at all, because in VA if the signatures are turned in a certain amount before the deadline they are accepted as is. RP just passed his signature sheets around on college campuses, with the people collecting signatures telling everyone that RP would legalize drugs on day one. They are delusional.

      • Mary

        I agree completely and I can’t stand either Ron Paul or Mitt Romney.

        • Mutt

          You people who slander Ron Paul are either planted shills or you are really blinded by the MSM. Who do you want for president? Whoever you want will only continue the current agenda. They all take their orders from the bank of England, the European elitists, and, of course, the zionists running the government.
          A vote for any of the clowns running for republican candidate is a vote to continue killing and maiming innocent people in the middle east and racking up trillions in needless debt all for the sake of empire building and stealing their natural resources. Why do you think they want to attack Iran???
          Do us thinking people a favor and don’t vote at all!! I live in Virginia and will vote for the only true choice we have for real change – Ron Paul.

          • Betty

            I just want to state some FACTS. The US had veriafiable info that Sadaam had or was close to obtaining weapons of mass destructions. Sadaam and his sons regularly stopped and picked up innocent girls on the street, raped them repeatedly, covered them with honey and put them in rooms filled with killer bees or threw them into one of his many arenas and opened the doors to starving killer dogs. Do you think the women of Iraq feel safer? They wouldn’t if you had your way. you show your ignorance and complete lack of knowledge when you blindly follow the party line. If you don’t wake up you have to watch someday when your girlfriends, wives or daughters receive the same treatment.

          • Fr. Jim Rosselli

            This is a very disturbing post. There is only one other
            period in history when we heard rhetoric against the
            “Jew International Bankers,” and that was in Germany, in the 1930′s. The pro-Islamist propaganda seems odd,
            too, in the context of a supposed opponent of Mr. Obama’s policies.

            In fact, given his positions on gay “marriage,” narcotics
            trafficking, Islamism, Israel and the national defense,
            how is Dr. Paul really all that much different from Mr.
            Obama?

          • http://deleted cmh391

            This is for Betty. Do you want to know why the warmongers said Saddam had WMD? Because Rumsfeld had the stinking reciepts! During the 80s, when Iraq was at war with Iran, Rumsfeld met with Saddam and sold him biological weapons.
            http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-153210/Rumsfeld-helped-Iraq-chemical-weapons.html
            I’m not denying that Saddam was evil, but you can’t write a snippet and pretend to ‘know it all’.

          • Sonja

            To make sure Obama is kicked out of the Whitehouse, I will vote for whoever is left standing against him, period. That is the only way we can assure that Obama doesn’t win legally. If people like you vote for who you want, instead of whoever is left standing against him, OBAMA WOULD WIN. WAKE UP.

      • http://yahoo marty James

        I agree with doc, you must be for Ron paultard.

      • Don

        Wordmaster: Newt, for one, turned in enough names – 11050 in fact. But somehow at least 1051 names were rejected. So it looks like Newt was not lazy at all, but that something stinks in the rejection process.

        • http://deleted cmh391

          All Newt and Perry need to do is have an inquiry as the why those signatures were invalid. If there needs to be a re-vet on the signatures, fine, but for the others to try and get on a ballot they didn’t even put the money or effort into getting the necessary signatures for, then stick it.

          • http://facebook ADRoberts

            What is Romney afraid of. That he would get beat if his buddies can’t find a way to keep everybody else off the ballot.

        • Korean Vet

          Has any found that George Soros & his Handy-dandy Lawyers
          didn’t bribe someone to “Void” enough signatures–to cause a
          “Non-Qualification” of said “Delinquent-Republican Hopefuls”-!
          “As far as George Sorox goes–’Big Money Talks’–loud enough,
          that even semi-poor politicians–bend over backwards for him”-!
          If you don’t believe me–note all the ‘Bad-News’ published in
          the “30″ major News-Media–that Soros has bought a controlling
          interest in–! “All those Bad Republicans” can’t possible be right!
          But President Obama is still–”Ruling over those 57 States in
          America”-! “What happened to all those ‘News-Hounds’–when
          a Democrat makes that kind of mistake”-! They praised him as
          “the Most Intelligent Personality that Hollywood has ever seen”!

      • don

        drives you nuts the things people think they know. more in put

      • http://facebook ADRoberts

        Wordmaster is a good moniker for you. You seem to be more concerned for the minutia than you are for the ethics and morality. But then, that probably means you are a lawyer. And we know that lawyers have no ethics or morality.

    • Tom P.

      The Attorney General of Virginia is not trying to keep them off the ballot, he is trying to HELP them get on the ballot. He agrees the ballot process needs revision. He believes that Virginians should have more opportunity to help in the nomination process for the Republican candidate for President.

      • Dolores Tamoria

        Thank you! Your read the entire article where I can see by some of the responses, it was too much trouble for them to read. Or maybe they can’t. At any rate the AG as well as reps from both parties are endeavoring to make their ballot process more equitable for their voters and not to unnecessarily limit Official Candidates ability to be represented on the ballot.

    • hambone

      If Rommie and Paul could make the effort to get on the Virginia Ballot, no reason that the others couldn’t do the same. They are just mad because they dropped the ball and want to force Virginia to put them on the ballot.

      • http://deleted cmh391

        100% agree!

      • Sonja

        LMAO, Newt did the job of getting more then enough signatures, you need to read ALL pertaining to Virginia Ballot.

    • http://mozilla Robert E. Lee

      that is how Opimpbo can be removed, he can not prove citizenship therefore can not be on the dumbo’s ballot in every state.

      • T-Texas

        If he was born on a table top at Billy Bobs in front of a thousand witnesses he still would not be eligible BECAUSE BOTH OF HIS PARENTS WERE NOT NATURAL BORN CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES AS REQUIRED BY THE CONSTITUTION.

        • http://deleted cmh391

          Thank you for knowing our Constitution. It’ absolutely terrible how ignorant the masses are. I saw a news rticle that predicted a Romney/Rubio ticket! Rubio isn’t ‘natural born’, either. But seems people believe that if Barry the Usurper can get away wth it, Republicans can usurp as well.
          It’s disgusting how people trample on our Constitution just because of what they ‘want’. Just like these idiot candidates who are on this lawsuit just because they feel they are above the law.

    • Sackett

      READ the article concerned citizen. You are not too concerned if you can’t read and comprehend the article.
      A.G.Cuccinelli is trying to get the ballot rules relaxed so all the dumb-asses who can’t follow the current rules can get on the ballot in VA.
      He is one of the good guys.

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  • JohninVirginia

    Anyone who has followed AG Cuccinelli’s political statements and suit against Obamacare and still thinks he’s on Obama and Holder’s side of issues amazes me. Actually, some of the Republican candidates’ campaign teams, such as Gingrich, turned in 11,500 some petition names but many were eliminated for one technicality or another. I do believe the rules should be followed but also think, as a registered Republican, that if Virginia wants to have a place in the political competition, the rules should be relaxed for the Primary. They not only required 10,000 names, statewide, they require at least 400 in each Congressional District. If one district has a number of names disqualified by the reviewers, the name will not appear on the ballot. There have also been reports that write-ins are not permitted by the law. If true, that seems unnecessarily onerous also,

    • JudyinVA

      I am with you on this, John. The rules are too stringent. I think they came to be recently. This bothers me. Also, what is this with registered VA Republicans signing a “loyalty” oath?

      • Dolores Tamoria

        This is simply restricting voting. That in it’s self is unconstitutional.

  • http://deleted cmh391

    Bachmann shut down her VA in October. If she was really serious about VA she wouldn’t have closed it down.
    I don’t even think Huntsman and Santorum had offices in VA.
    When vetting the signatures Newt and Perry got, they found some inavlid – and now those two are complaining!
    Mitt and Ron spent their campaign funds on getting the qualifying amount needed. Bachmann, Huntsman and Santorum didn’t.
    If the AG wins this lawsuit, then the GOP needs to reimburse Mitt, Ron, Newt and Perry for expenditure otherwise it’s not fair at all.
    I think this also goes to a candidates ability to garner support both financially and with the electorate and lead. If the candidates named in the lawsuit couldn’t even get on the ballot in one state, then how on earth can anyone expect them to be the leaders of our country?
    At least Virginia is now vetting signatures. How often do we complain, and I include myself here, that elections are rigged? I’m happy VA stepped up and looked to ensure the signatures were valid. As for those candidates too disorganized to even get signatures, I say tough.

    • john peters

      I guess you don’t think the districts bordering DC could find problems with their 400 votes for a republican, hypocrite

    • hambone

      I agree. To bad, so sad to the ones that dropped the ball.

    • JoJo

      I don’t see the problem with the invalid signatures. Obama had plenty from Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy. The rules need to apply to EVERYONE.

      • John

        A lot of the registrars vetting those signatures are Democrats. Just as we saw in Florida in 2000, they will use any pretext to disqualify a signature or a vote for a Republican.

      • dfrank

        Does this law suit have anything to do with Obama? And, if he does try to have Mickey Mouse sign a position, it seems the good people of Virginia have provided a way to have the little rat disqualified.

        We all seem to want to have fair elections; and, fair elections require laws. It is disappointing that even here, where we so often hear the cry for honest elections, people are now wanting to see their favorites get an extra bite at the apple. These candidates did not meet the requirements to be on the ballot and to change the law after the deadline passes means that the election will not be fair — no matter who wins.

      • Korean Vet

        The real problem with Obama–is that “Obama” isn’t his real “Legal-Name”-! Obama Sr. made sure that this president was born as an
        “Illegitimate Son”, by still being married to his First Wife, “Kezia”
        back in Kenya-! Ann Dunham’s marriage-license was rendered “Null
        & Void” on Feb 2, 1961 by Obama Sr.s “Fraud”-! “Bigamy” is Forbidden
        by Law in the USA-! If “Fraud” or “Misrepresentations” is present at
        the ‘Signing’ of any “Legal License” or “Legal Contract”–it renders the
        Legal Document “Null & Void” in the same second that it’s signed–not
        when the “Fraud” is discovered-! If Ann has No “Legal Marriage” & She
        has No “Legal Husband”–Then She is NOT “Mrs. Obama” & Her
        “Illegal-Son” cannot ‘Inherit’ that (“Obama-Surname”) from Her–Then
        he “Only” gets “Legally” 1st Title-Rights to his Mother’s Surname of
        “Dunham”-! Which means–He ‘Won’ 2 elections, as Senator & as
        President–by using the “Wrong Legal-Name”-! Note–that it’s against
        the Law to “Misrepresent Yourself” on any “Legal Documents”–because
        that’s “Fraud” & fully punishable by Law as a Crime-! Further, by using
        the “Wrong Legal-Name”–every Bill of Congress is now “Null & Void”-!

      • raymo

        Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy are all moral Americans who would have never vote for Obama. That alone should have told everyone that those votes were invalid. If any one of them ends up on the ballot for POTUS against Obama, then he’s got MY vote. (not Minnie. Sarah says it’s not her time yet.)

  • mike

    If they were Dems there would be absolutely no problem take what happened in Illinois with OBAMA / HILLARY it didn’t matter at all…as a matter of fact we didn’t even know about it until just recently.

    • dfrank

      But Mike, this is not a Democratic primary, nor is it Illinois. Do we want to see the same thing that happened in the Democratic elections in Illinois moved over to the Republican primary in Virginia?

      • Korean Vet

        Are you speaking of Obama’s chief of staff–being given a “Waver”, since
        he was NOT a current resident of Illinois–& He wanted a Bribed Office-!

  • Citizen 64

    I love Cuccinelli but if we are a nation of laws, obey the election laws of the state. This is bad for the state when the AG is going to end run around the law for 2 lazy candidates that dont have their acts together. I keep hearing that Paul is crazy..well he followed the law, so he can’t be that crazy and he will be on the primary ballot because he and his supports did what was required.

    • Ned

      Bad laws need to be challenged…This is what’s happening here…The people of virginia should have the same options available to them as the rest of the nation,this is more important than the minutia surrounding it…..My parents are from virginia and left there in the fifties because it is one of the most backwards,dictatorial places you can imagine in some ways….It is an official “commonwealth”…..

      • Mary

        Actually, it’s nice that states have different laws. When all the states have the same laws, there’s no place to run.

      • dfrank

        They do have the same chance anybody else has, Ned. They can vote for anybody who considered it important enough to meet the qualifications to be on their state’s primary ballot. Some candidates did not feel it that important. That they do now, shows a willingness to flount the law, not a good sign in a person who we will someday have to rely upon to uphold the law.

        • Ned

          Dfrank,Virginia has restrictive,unreasonable requirements,it’s not as if they made no effort at all to meet them,which is what you make it sound like….One of Saul Alinkys’ principles was “make them operate within their own self-imposed limits and rules, and defeat them…You are indirectly supporting it….

    • Mary

      I agree completely. If candidates can’t meet the qualifications they shouldn’t ask the state to change the rules for them.

      • John

        This is a national election for the highest office in the land. EVERY voter in every state should have the opportunity to vote for anyone who is running, whether its the primary or the main election.

        Virginia’s rules are archaic to say the least. Hell, the Democrats in Illinois allow dead people to vote every single election, and refuse to take steps to clean out the corruption in our voting procedures. They are vehemently against any kind of voter proof of indentity, for example. That one thing alone would go a long way toward eliminating the corruption.

    • Dolores Tamoria

      This is great for the State of Virginia. Such laws make them look absolutely stupid. Voting is an American Right and any laws that restrict this right is illegal. No state should have such a law. If a Candidate qualifies for Federal Funds for their Campaign then this should be recognized in all States as qualifying for appearing on that states ballots.

      • http://deleted cmh391

        The law doesn’t restrict at all. You need to explain why you feel it discriminates.
        This law is the exact opposite of discrimination. Everyone had the chance to sign onto a candidate. Of course, some of the candidates decided Virginians weren’t important enough to get signatures from, and didn’t run campaigns in Virginia. That’s not the state’s fault, but the fault of the candidate who neglected the state.
        Don’t blame the state for lazy candidates.

      • Ned

        Dolores,you are exactly and profoundly right..Also,I think there are some leftwing shills here excersizing Alinsky tactics….We need to expose them….

  • ruth

    While they are at it someone else needs to make sure all our MILITARY ballots are counted this year!

    • hambone

      Here, Here. I totally agree.

    • JudyinVA

      …and that the military gets them on time!!!!

    • Betty

      AMEN!

      • Dolores Tamoria

        DOUBLE AMEN!

  • Jerry F.

    People,this is a primary election,and everybody that meets the constitutional requirements to run,should be on all 50 state ballots,I t should not be decided by some state qualifing goof up.Now if this was the presidential election,that would be differrent,anyway we can keep Obama off a ballot is a good thing.

    • dfrank

      Check your Constitution, Jerry. I believe you’ll find that the Constitution requires one to meet the requirement of the respective states.

  • Mary

    Changing the rules in the middle of the game is something I expect from Democrats. I am very disappointed in our Attorney General. The candidates should know the rules of the states and play by those rules. If they can’t do this, what kind of president would they make? These rules have existed for many years and many candidates have met the qualifications. Just because those who failed to get on the primary ballot, doesn’t mean they won’t be on the ballot for the presidency.

    • patriotrenegade

      excellent

  • DH

    It would be good that this law were reversed. It was passed by legislators wanting to curb any kind of competition they would have to get re-elected. And it is interesting that they would check the authenticity of those signing to get people on a ballot, check on the republicans, and not the democrats. Obama would not have even been on the ballot in one state this last election if they had checked. You wonder why these people go through so much to get elected. The answer is stuff like insider trading and getting rich from John Q Public.

    • dfrank

      DH, I once headed up a petition drive to have two school districts consolidated; and, every petition was carefully scrutinized by a county judge and representative from the pro side and the anti side. If you don’t expect something as simple as this — would you also oppose a photo ID for voting?

  • dfrank

    Look, these rules were known, or should have been, to the candidates from the outset. And, besides these are not simply rules — they are Virginia law; and, these candidates simply did not comply; and, now that the deadline has passed, they want the law changed.

    What kind of attitude is that for someone who wants to go to the White House and swear to uphold the Constitution — the Supreme Law of the land? What happens when the Constitution stands in their way of getting what they want? Think Obama, anybody?

    Get real folks: This is beyond dishonest. It is startling.

  • patriotrenegade

    Why are so many crying about knewtiefruit-CFR, or bilderberg perry? It’s absolutely awesome to have these two globalist traitors NOT on the ballot. I don’t think bilderberg huntie is there so this is a clean primary for the first time in 40 years. YES.

    • Dolores Tamoria

      Are you from California? You sound like one of the Fruits and Nuts of this Pitiful State.

  • RIpete

    Why don’t they let the party choose who will be on the ballot?

  • Justwhistlingdixie

    My questions for those who say that Virginia should not require as a minimum 10,00o signatures of LEGAL American citizens, and residents of the state, who also must have a pulse, be @least 18 yrs of age, and not a convicted felon. If any one or all of that is wrong, then what would you recommend? If 10,000 is wrong, then what should the number be, 1,000, and should the signatures be from every county or just from “within the state, period.”
    I supported and help elect Ken Cucinelli as our A.G. but, I have to wonder about his decision to intercede on behalf of those who did not follow the rules or failed to get enough signatures to overcome possible challenges and having some of the signatures thrown out as fraudulent.
    Has anyone else noticed that the only ones who did not follow the rules or made very bad decisions resulting in their being declared as ineligible, are either current or previous members of the congress (Michele Bachman, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich) or a three term governor of TX. (Rick Perry) or Governor of Utah, Ambassador to China and other posts, (J. Huntsman) what does that imply or signify to you. Could it possibly be that they are so used to “not following the rules or laws” because they considered themselves “special” they could do as they pleased and not suffer the consequences of their actions or exercising Bad decision making.
    They, above all others should have known the rules, and if they objected to all or any part of those rules they have had months if not years to have brought forth their objections. None of them did so. I have to ask, WHY didn’t they?
    If they are allowed to be on the republican ticket in the primary, then why have restrictions that would prevent others from getting on the ticket or ballot?
    The election laws or regulations in all or at least most states make it extremely hard if not impossible for anyone other than a republican or democrat to get on the ballot in any election., and is that way because both parties want to keep the power unto themselves and not let a third party be part of any election cycle. I say to hell with both parties and lets have completely open and free elections, but restricted to legal residents of the state who are property owners or taxpayers, and be able to prove it. I also think any one registered as an Independent should be allowed to vote in one of the primaries, whether it’s republican, democrat or something else…..and also be allowed to vote in the general election for anyone regardless of party affiliation. Key is, if you don’t own property, pay taxes (local, state and federal) or a legal American citizen, andare a registered voter, you cannot vote, period. That would eliminate most of the est. 30 to 45% living off other peoples money that is conficated by government.
    That alone, would probably correct all of our economic problems, and most of our social and foreign affairs issues as well, because the scam artisans would be voted out of office the very next election cycle.

    • Tim

      Justwhistlingdixie you are absolutely 110% correct in every point you made. BRAVO

  • tod

    Trying to change the rules already ,and their not even Presidents yet !!! I guess America doesn’t need rules anymore,look at barry he makes his own rules too!!! Dr.Ron Paul 2012 for the ONLY PROVEN HONEST(for Well Over 30 Years),Intelligent,God Fearing,Patriot running for President,PERIOD !!!

  • Carol Fryer

    Whats the beef. They were legitimately disqualified. And Paul and Romney are the front runners anyway. So suck it up Newt.

  • const40

    OK, I admit ignorance on two points I keep reading.
    LFN–what is that?
    CFR–what is that?

    • Carol Fryer

      I know the CFR is the council on foreign relations , a group which almost every congressman belongs to. They serve international purposes and push for one world government. They are extremely powerful and control Washington.

  • Carol Fryer

    If these guys cant obey the rules now, what do you think theyll do as president. Just more of the same. No surprise.

  • Ann Covington

    This is R.Perry’s first time in a presidential campaign. His crew certainly would not have had a reason to investigate Virginia’s law. The state people should have sent each candidate notification about this.

    At least the VA Attorney General is attempting to rectify whatever went wrong.

    The states who decided primaries in the first quarter of the year are ridiculous. The primaries should be made no earlier than July or August prefaced by a nationally televised two-hour progam where each candidate has 15 to 20 minutes to speak about his or her plans that would be put into place should he or she win the primary and then the Nov. election. No debates, no backbiting each other, nothing allowed except to explain what has to be corrected and how it should be corrected.

    Who’s for that suggestion, please?

  • Tim

    It is very simple if you do not have the correct number of qualifying signatures on your nominating petition you do not qualify to have your name on the ballot. They should not be allowed to correct their mistakes now, every state has a deadline for the petitions to be submitted in order to qualify as a candidate and be placed on the ballot.

    • Dan Stewart

      How did they qualify the signatures? Maybe they just crossed off every 10th name? I don’t know, however it seems very fishy to me. I also think that having to get people to sign a petition to get on the ballot is rather stupid. Also, if you’re a democrat then hitler & mickey mouse is legal. The whole system needs to be scrapped & started over.

  • Jsmith

    Ridiculous. If the candidates don’t follow the rules then we should change the rules after the fact? As a Virginian and conservative who votes let me assure you that is not a party I with which I wish to associate.

    Go ahead and change the rules Cucinelli but know in doing so you have lost my respect and future votes.

  • C. Nelson

    I hope he is not a conscript of the pupett master Soros or we are toast.

  • Sackett

    My son and his fiancee re-registered from Dem. to Rep. when they voted in PA’s. recent local elections.
    The person who took their new registration forms was a Dem. and they feared that the forms would not get turned in.
    Last week they went to their courthouse to ask why they had not received their new voter registration cards.
    They were RIGHT. The ones they had filled out never got turned in. The courthouse had no record of their changing parties. They re-registered at the courthouse and got their new forms immediately.

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