BREAKING: Perry Off Virginia 2012 GOP Primary
By Shaun Kenney | Friday, December 23rd, 2011 | Politics, VirginiaGarren Shipley with the Republican Party of Virginia issued the following release just moments ago:
The Republican Party of Virginia has completed its examination of the nominating petitions filed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
After verifying the signatures submitted by the campaign, RPV has determined that Governor Perry submitted fewer than the 10,000 signatures required by the Code of Virginia.
As such, he has failed to qualify for the ballot and will not be included in the March 6 primary.
No word from the Perry campaign as to whether or not this will be contested. Should the results stand, this will leave Romney, Gingrich, and Paul as the only three qualified participants in the Virginia GOP primary in March 2012.
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Shaun Kenney is the Chairman of the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors, former Communications Director for the Republican Party of Virginia, and an active blogger since 2002. Shaun lives in Thomas Jefferson's backyard with his wife, six children, and a modest attempt at a farm in Kents Store, Virginia.
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15 Responses to "BREAKING: Perry Off Virginia 2012 GOP Primary"
ouch. what about Newt?
What is the problem with the campaigns this year? Can’t get 10,000 signatures in a whole state?
I think Perry would have played very well in Virginia and given Mitt a run for his money.
Perry would have made this race much more interesting… Paul and Romney are tough choices.
at least with a 3rd candidate, VA would likely distribute the delegates more evenly versus winner take all.
Shaun,
Are the sources saying that Newt is not going to make it either?
That’s why they suggest turning in 50% more signatures than necessary.
Newt’s number was even lower than Perry’s – by almost 1,000 – so we are still waiting to see if Newt makes it. It would be pretty embarrassing to him to not qualify for the ballot in his home state.
Having spent three hours this morning validating signatures, I am convinced that 50% more than required is absolutely necessary. I had petition pages where MORE than 50% of the signatures were not registered voters. Putting the best construction on it, the general public either isn’t clear on tbe concept or the collectors are sloppy . . . or both. Epic fail for candidates’ organizations.
Brian just hit the nail on the head. I congratulate Newt for his leadership from Georgia, but he has been a Virginian for nearly a decade. For him to not qualify for the ballot here would be significant.
Monica – thank you very much for volunteering your service – the day before Christmas weekend no less!
I was helping check signatures tonight for Newt. Most of his signatures came in the last week. He had about a 75 percent success rate with the ones
I did.
What was the problem with Perry ? Not enough total or in each district ?
Were any of the petition checkers people who were paid by the candidates to get signatures ? Was the question asked of the checkers ?
I’m confused. I didn’t think you had to be registered to vote in order to SIGN a petition. After all, you still register for the primary, and you can even vote in the primary before you are eligible to vote (if you are going to be 18 in november, I believe you can vote before 18 in the primary).
I really though you just had to be eligible to vote in order to sign, not that you had to be registered.
Also, if Gingrich is only getting 75% success, he would be in trouble.
Newt only has a 10.5% error margin with as few signatures he provided. he sorta talked his way out of missing the Missouri ballot but with another strike in VA I think many will question his ground game. debates performances are one thing but getting people out to DO something is quite another.
I understand that the VA gop changed the requirements only a few weeks ago. It probably helped Romney’s campaign to have Bill Boling as VA campaign chair to personally deliver his signatures. Disqualifying just enough signatures to prevent Perry and Newt from getting on the ballot after raising the minimum standard only a few weeks before the filing deadline all seems quite dubious.
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