Court won’t add Perry, Gingrich to Virginia ballot

[Playinghardball]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An appeals court on Tuesday rejected a request by candidates Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich to be added to the Virginia ballot in the state’s March 6 Republican presidential primary election, saying they knew the rules and failed to qualify.

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and congressman Ron Paul were the only two candidates to qualify for the primary in Virginia by submitting the 10,000 verifiable signatures by the deadline. Romney is the frontrunner in the race for the Republican nomination to face Democratic President Barack Obama on November 6.

Perry and other presidential candidates sued Virginia election officials to be added to the ballot, arguing that the state’s qualification process limited voter access to the candidates of their choosing.

A federal judge ruled against them on Friday. Perry went to the appeals court, filing an emergency motion. Gingrich also filed a notice of appeal.

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[Kennah]

1. Are we sure it wasn't a competency hearing? That would make more sense.

[Lefta Dissenter]

2. suck it up, boys

We just submitted over a MILLION signatures to recall Walker, and you couldn't manage to scrape together ten thousand to get your names on the ballot?

[Faryn Balyncd]

3. .

[Citizen Worker]

4. And these yo-yos want to be president! How absurd is that? Between the two of them they couldn't

pour piss out of a boot with the instructions on the heel.