RSSVirginia GOP Demands ‘Pledge of Intent’ from Primary Voters
Carolyn Hileman | December 2, 2007
By Randy Hall
CNSNews.com Staff Writer/Editor(CNSNews.com) – When voters cast their ballots during Virginia’s Feb. 12 Republican presidential primary, they’ll be required to sign a document stating they intend to support the party’s nominee for president in a strategy one conservative leader called a “bullying tactic” but a nonpartisan election official dismissed as just “a piece of paper.”
On Monday, the State Board of Elections approved text to be included with the ballot that states: “You can vote in this presidential primary only if you sign and print your name to the voter pledge below. You will not be permitted to vote if you refuse to do so.”
The pledge says: “I, the undersigned, pledge that I intend to support the nominee of the Republican Party for president.”
“That’s it,” Shaun Kenney, communications director for the Virginia GOP, told Cybercast News Service on Thursday. “There’s no oath of undying fealty to the Republican Party, not even a set-in-stone agreement to vote Republican in the fall. There’s no first born involved. You’re not putting your house on the line. There’s no penalty.”
Kenney noted that Virginia does not require voters to register by political party, which means a person can decide on the day of the primary whether to participate in the Republican or Democratic election.
“In 2003, we had state senate primary contests where there was a significant – as in 30 percent or higher – crossover” with Democrats voting for the person they considered the weakest GOP candidate, he said.
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What an idiotic plan by a bunch of Democrat wanna-bes.
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