Perry Files Emergency Motion to Get on Virginia GOP Ballot
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Texas Governor Rick Perry asked a U.S. appeals court to place his name on the ballot for the Virginia Republican presidential primary or to halt the printing of ballots pending his appeal.
Perry filed his emergency request yesterday with the U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia. Newt Gingrich joined him in an appeal filed Jan. 14 with the same court. The presidential hopefuls are challenging a Virginia law requiring that people gathering signatures for a candidate’s petition to appear on the ballot be eligible to vote in the state.