A panel of the Richmond-based U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected Texas Gov. Rick Perry's bid to get on Virginia's March 6 Republican primary ballot.
Perry, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, former House speaker News Gingrich and former Utah governor Jon Hunstman Jr. had failed to qualify for the ballot and sued the Virginia Board of Elections and the state GOP.
On Friday, U.S. District Judge John A. Gibney Jr. agreed with Perry's contention that Virginia's requirement that ballot petition circulators be Virginia residents was unconstitutional.
