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Board puts Virgil Goode on Virginia ballot despite GOP challenge

By Steve Contorno
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Board puts Virgil Goode on Virginia ballot despite GOP challenge

Constitution Party presidential candidate Virgil Goode is officially — for now — on the presidential ballot in Virginia, a battleground state where he has deep roots and poses a real threat to Republican Mitt Romney.

The Virginia State Board of Elections ruled Tuesday that Goode’s name should appear of the state ballot in November. Goode turned in about 20,000 signatures, twice the legal requirement, in late August to qualify for the fall election.

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