Gov. Rick Perry Sues To Get On Virginia Ballot, Legal Experts Doubt He’ll Win
After the potentially politically devastating news that he didn’t meet the 10,000 signature threshold to qualify for the Virginia ballot, Texas Governor Rick Perry is suing the state to have its ballot rules struck down as unconstitutional. “Virginia ballot access rules are among the most onerous and are particularly problematic in a multi-candidate election,” said Perry spokesman Ray Sullivan
“Gov. Perry greatly respects the citizens and history of the Commonwealth of Virginia and believes Virginia Republicans should have greater access to vote for one of the several candidates for President of the United States,” Sullivan added.
Hot Air’s Allahpundit was astonished by the percentage of Perry’s signatures that were thrown out.
“Perry submitted “over 6,000 petition signatures from qualified Virginia voters. According to the Virginia GOP, he submitted more than 11,900 signatures total, which I guess means … only slightly more than half were from qualified voters? Good lord.”
Besides the criticism over his bungled handling of signatures, legal scholars doubted Perry’s suit would help him get back on the ballot.
NBC News’s First Read interviewed Professor Rick Hasen from UC Irvine who thought the odds were stacked against the Texas Governor. “Such a suit now faces long odds, both legally and politically,” said Hasen.
In addition, The Washington Post‘s Anita Kumar said on The Rachel Maddow Show that she believed Perry was much too late to get on the ballot.
Watch Kumar’s prognosis for Perry’s lawsuit below via MSNBC:
(h/t Daily Caller)
