According to this story, Newt Gingrich qualified for the Utah Republican presidential primary in March, by paying a filing fee of $500. But the check bounded. The story says Utah elections officials will not remove Gingrich from the ballot, provided he pays the fee by April 20. The Utah presidential primaries are on June 26, the latest in the nation this year.

The same lenient treatment was given to Jesse Jackson in 1984, when his check to pay the West Virginia filing fee also bounced. West Virginia’s Secretary of State permitted Jackson to send a new check, and he did appear on the West Virginia Democratic presidential primary ballot. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link.