Live Blogging/Live Discussion: Illinois Republican Primary

By Susan Duclos

Joining into Right Pundit live discussion, we will be live blogging the Illinois Republican primary, starting at 7pm Eastern when the polls close and exit polling data is released and results start coming out.



Primary results at CNN/Illinois.--- [Update] IL. Primary called for Romney.


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Judge Denies Perry, Gingrich, Santorum And Huntsman Lawsuit For Virginia Primary Ballot Access

By Susan Duclos

The decision is in and Rick Perry who originally filed a lawsuit to obtain the Virginia primary ballot access, as well as Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Jon Huntsman who later joined the lawsuit, will not be permitted to have their names listed on the VA primary ballot.

Via CBS6:

Federal District Court Judge John Gibney ruled against Texas Governor Rick Perry and other Republican presidential candidates who sued in an effort to appear on the ballot for the Virginia Republican primary in March

"In essence, they played the game, lost, and then complained that the rules were unfair," wrote Judge Gibney in his opinion released Friday afternoon in Richmond, Virginia.

Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, and Jon Hunstman later joined the challenge.

According to documents, the candidates asked the Court for a preliminary injunction ordering that they be listed on the ballot for the Virginia Republican primary despite the fact all failed to meet the 10,000 signature petition requirements to get on the ballot.

Only candidates Mitt Romney and Ron Paul met the requirements.

The candidates argue the 10,000 signature requirement and the Virginia rule that only people eligible to register to vote may collect the petitions violates the Constitution.

They also challenged Virginia's rule that required candidates secure 400 signatures from voters in each congressional district calling it "burdensome."

The judge ruled Virginia rules do infringe on First Amendment rights, but the challenge from the candidates came too late for courts to take action.

In his opinion, Judge Gibney wrote, "They [the candidates hoping to appear on the ballot] knew the rules in Virginia many months ago; the limitations on circulators affected them as soon as they began to circulate petitions. The plaintiffs could have challenged the Virginia law at that time. Instead, they waited until after the time to gather petitions had ended and they had lost the political battle to be on the ballot; then on the eve of the printing of absentee ballots, they decided to challenge Virginia's laws."

PDF of the ruling is HERE.

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Video- I See Dead People..... Ballots For The Deceased At The New Hampshire Primary

By Susan Duclos

[Update] The Daily Caller reports the NH AG is "probing the state’s voting procedures," in response to the video below.

The video below shows how easily it is to commit voter fraud when a voter is not required to show identification.



Description:

On January 10th, Project Veritas reporters walked into New Hampshire Polling Locations during the Presidential Primaries, saying dead people's names. We stated the name of a dead person we got from the NH obituaries. The names of the deceased were both Registered Republican and Democrats And in almost every case, saying a dead person's name, we were handed a ballot to cast a vote. We used no misrepresentation and no false pretenses. in fact, in almost every case, we insisted we show ID and they insisted that we vote without showing ID.

H/T The Daily Caller.

Democrats and liberals argue against voter ID laws.

Go figure.

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Gingrich, Huntsman, Santorum, Join Perry In Suing Virginia For Ballot Access

By Susan Duclos

It was recently reported that Rick Perry filed a lawsuit for ballot access in Virginia after the Virginia GOP disqualified him after the certification process.

Via PJM, we see that Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, and Rick Santorum have also now filed a joint motion to have their names placed on the ballot in Virginia for the March 6, 2012 primary.

The candidates are seeking to intervene as plaintiffs in a case filed by Rick Perry for ballot access to the Virginia primary pursuant to an order issued by the court on December 29, 2011.

Here’s a link to the motion.

More from The Hill and Roanoke Times.

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