Virginians must swear GOP allegiance to vote in March primary
source: http://www.rob-servations.com/1/post/2011/12/virginians-must-swear-gop-allegiance-to-vote-in...
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Despite all the hoot and holler about next week’s Iowa Caucus, other state primary races are still getting attention, too. Take Virginia, for instance.
The Old Dominion state’s recent primary news isn’t limited to the fact that its ballots will only have two candidates, though. And it’s not just the fact that its own resident, Newt Gingrich, won’t appear on those ballots, either.
In a decision made yesterday, the Virginia Board of Elections approved a unique proposal that actually restricts its voters in an archaic, if not Kremlin-esque, format. In order to participate in the Mar. 6 presidential primary, voters will have to sign a “loyalty oath,” swearing in writing that in the November General Election they will vote for whichever Republican ultimately wins the party nomination.
And if they don’t? Then those same folks in Virginia (a state that doesn’t register voters with any party to begin with) won’t be allowed to vote that day.
The pledge reads “I, the undersigned, pledge that I intend to support the nominee of the Republican Party for president.”
http://www.rob-servations.com/1/post/2011/12/virginians-must-swear-gop-allegianc...
The Old Dominion state’s recent primary news isn’t limited to the fact that its ballots will only have two candidates, though. And it’s not just the fact that its own resident, Newt Gingrich, won’t appear on those ballots, either.
In a decision made yesterday, the Virginia Board of Elections approved a unique proposal that actually restricts its voters in an archaic, if not Kremlin-esque, format. In order to participate in the Mar. 6 presidential primary, voters will have to sign a “loyalty oath,” swearing in writing that in the November General Election they will vote for whichever Republican ultimately wins the party nomination.
And if they don’t? Then those same folks in Virginia (a state that doesn’t register voters with any party to begin with) won’t be allowed to vote that day.
The pledge reads “I, the undersigned, pledge that I intend to support the nominee of the Republican Party for president.”
http://www.rob-servations.com/1/post/2011/12/virginians-must-swear-gop-allegianc...
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fiberbundle
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Just sign it and then vote for whoever you want. Its totally unenforceable; although you are absolutely correct to object to the totalitarian principle embodied in this "requirement". Its very similar to the people who demand that you give them your social security number when they have no right to it. You can fight them but its inconvenient. Just fill in any old number. They have no way to verify it. No one is obligated to keep promises to extortionists, pirates, or kidnappers.
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