Gingrich and Perry were amongst four candidates who submitted ballot petitions to the Virginia State Board of Elections on Thursday, which was the deadline to sort. ex- Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Texas sales rep. Ron Paul plus submitted petitions.The state assistant spent Friday verifying to facilitate the submitted petitions met the supplies to appear on the ballot. The Virginia GOP held on its Twitter send a message Friday with the purpose of Romney and Paul had both submitted a sufficient amount signatures to appear on the ballot.