Annnnnd now VA AG Cuccinelli is *not* backing changing the primary ballot.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  January 1st at 10:15 PM  | 

Interesting; and a pretty strong reversal from Saturday’s statement. “I obviously feel very strongly that Virginia needs to change its ballot access requirements for our statewide elections,” Cuccinelli said in a statement. “However, after working through different scenarios with Republican and Democratic leaders to attempt to make changes in time for the 2012 presidential election, my concern grows that we cannot find a way to | Read More »

VA AG Cuccinelli to fix primary ballot mess. [UPDATED]

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  December 31st at 01:52 PM  | 

[FURTHER UPDATE] Drudge is not reporting that Perry/Gringrich are on the ballot; but Bachmann, Gingrich, Huntsman, and Santorum have joined Perry’s lawsuit. The Attorney General of Virginia “plans to file emergency legislation to address the inability of most Republican presidential candidates to get their names on the ballot;” as everyone reading this already knows, the recent Virginia primary ratification process ended up with only Mitt | Read More »

VA AG Ken Cuccinelli calls for primary ballot reform, write-in option.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  December 27th at 04:00 PM  | 

This just keeps getting better and better for the Virginia GOP, doesn’t it? Via Ballot Access News, first we get the Attorney General for Virginia pointing out that the requirements for ballot access are far too restrictive: I would throw out for consideration that we should lower our requirements to 100 legitimate signatures per congressional district. Let’s face it, absent a serious write-in challenge from | Read More »

VA AG Cuccinelli to invoke Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act over Climategate?

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  May 5th at 10:27 AM  | 

Could be, could be: Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is invoking a state anti-fraud law to demand the University of Virginia turn over years worth of documents related to climate scientist Michael Mann, targeting about $500,000 in grants that funded Mann’s studies. Cuccinelli, a Republican who is separately suing the federal government over regulation of carbon emissions, issued the school a civil subpoena late last | Read More »