Perry disqualified from Va. primary ballot

[gilliam]

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry failed to submit enough valid signatures to qualify for the Virginia primary ballot, state GOP officials said Friday evening.

Perry’s campaign told state election officials it had submitted 11,911 signatures, but a Virginia Republican familiar with the situation said that the Texas governor did not submit the required 10,000.

Earlier Friday, the Republican Party of Virginia certified former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) to appear in the March ballot.

washingtonpost.com/blogs/virginia-politics/post/perry-disqualified-from-va-primary-ballot/2011/12/23/gIQA3BZNEP_blog.html

No word about if Newt qualified or not. I thought Newt had less signatures than Perry though

 

[gilliam]

Looks like Newt made it into VA

The Virginia State Republican Party has announced that Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul are the only three GOP contenders to qualify for their March 6 GOP primary ballot.

Michelle Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Huntsman & Rick Perry have all failed to qualify under Virginia’s strict standards which require 10,000 overall signatures with at least 400 from each of the state’s 11 Congressional districts. Bachmann, Santorum and Huntsman were expected to come up short of the requirements but Perry’s failure has been noted as a surprise.

rocklandcountytimes.com/?p=839

 

[PatrickSebast]

According to all the recent news articles popping up on Google Newt actually did not make it into VA.