Fourth Circuit holds that district court must determine if Virginia’s open primary law is constitutional
Yesterday, the Fourth Circuit held that in a GOP challenge to Virginia’s open primary law, the Plaintiffs had standing and the claim was ripe. The GOP is arguing that the open primary violates rights to free association inasmuch as Dem voters could throw votes to a candidate who does not reflect the goals of the GOP membership.
The Richmond Times Dispatch has this article, and I have a case summary up at the SCAL Blog.
August 31st, 2006 at 11:13 am
I don’t mind the party “free association” argument per se, but if they go this route, Virginia should relax its eligibility requirements for third party candidates to get on the ballot. If not, we’ll just see the two-party dictatorship get stronger.
August 31st, 2006 at 9:49 pm
Personally, I don’t care what the Dems do, but the GOP in Virginia (I lived there 8 years) should stick to conventions. Primaries are, as the Waterboy’s mama said, “the devil.”