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Continuing to smart from its failure to get on the primary ballot in Virginia, Newt Gingrich’s campaign said it would explore ways to persuade the Republican Party of Virginia to bend its rules and allow Gingrich and Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, who also failed to qualify, to join the only two candidates now on the ballot, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul.
“It does call into question whether or not there are some flaws in the system,” said R.C. Hammond, a spokesman for Gingrich.
He said he hoped that either Gingrich would appear on the ballot or that there would be a provision to write in his name.
Legal experts said Gingrich’s prospects were all but nil, requiring either an emergency act of the state legislature or a court ruling.
The New York Times
