RPV SCC Chooses Primary over Convention for 2016

Big money will rule the day again in Virginia for the republican presidential primary this fall. The Republican Party of Virginia SCC (State Central Committee) voted today to hold a primary instead of a nominating convention, so whoever can dump the most money into the race will likely win. This also means that Virginia’s ultimate republican candidate could win the nomination with only a fraction of the vote, since there will be so many candidates running. The winning candidate could end up with < 20% of the vote.

And finally, the SCC members voted to have the final vote via secret ballot, so that they could vote against a convention and have no one know how they voted. Transparency is for chumps.

See the case for a convention here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/269837757/2016-Convention-Proposal

More info on today’s proceedings:

http://thebullelephant.com/rpv-state-central-committee-live-coverage/

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Eric uncomfortably admits that until about 15 years ago, he was a political "free rider", always thinking that others would do the heavy lifting to keep America on course. After watching both democrats and republicans steer us FAR in the wrong direction, Eric knew he had to get involved. Now working with Richmond Tea Party to advance conservative principles, Eric serves on the Board of Directors and as a resource for "all things technology".