Last Friday was the deadline for candidates to file their nominating petitions to get on the ballot for Virginia’s February 12th Primary, and twelve candidates (six from each party) got their petitions in on time:
RICHMOND, Va. - A dozen presidential candidates–six Democrats, six Republicans–met Friday’s deadline for submitting petitions to qualify for Virginia’s Feb. 12 primaries.
Candidates had until 5 p.m. to supply the 10,000 signatures the State Board of Elections requires for a spot on the ballot. Eight candidates waited until Friday, some filing minutes before the cutoff.
Republican Ron Paul’s volunteers submitted the most signatures. The Texas congressman with libertarian views who opposes the war in Iraq tendered 21,142 signatures on Thursday.
Mike Huckabee’s campaign showed up with 19,329 signatures, followed by fellow Republicans Rudy Giuliani (17,041), Fred Thompson (15,549), Mitt Romney (15,443) and John McCain (15,024).
Barack Obama supporters filed 18,900 signatures–the most of any Democrat–followed by Hillary Clinton (15,075), Delaware Sen. Joe Biden (12,074), John Edwards (10,081) and Bill Richardson and Dennis Kucinich (10,000 each).
Yes, that’s right. Ron Paul submitted the most signatures of any candidate, Republican or Democrat.
Nicely done.
December 21st, 2007 at 10:55 am
How many of those signatures for Ron Paul are actual people and not animals or dead relatives of the Paultards?