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Friday, February 3rd, 2012Headline Of The Day
Friday, February 3rd, 2012How Proud Arlington County Must Be
Friday, February 3rd, 2012Well, That Didn’t Take Long
Friday, February 3rd, 2012Where Liberals Fear To Tread
Friday, February 3rd, 2012Matter That Matters on This Week @ NASA
Friday, February 3rd, 2012SpaceX SuperDraco: Ditching the Parachute?
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Friday, February 3rd, 2012Where In The Bible, Barry …
Friday, February 3rd, 2012Hold Obama To His Word
Friday, February 3rd, 2012The Battle Is Joined
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012Party ID On Ballot for Local Elections Fails in Senate
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012Yesterday, the Senate of Virginia rejected by a vote of 14-25 legislation that would extend party ID on the ballot to local elections. This likely means the party ID legislation isn’t going anywhere this year. If passed, this legislation would have identified candidates nominated for a political office at the local level (constitutional offices and local governing bodies) with an R or D after their name just like federal and state candidates. Independents would be identified with an I.
This failure of this legislation to pass is unfortunate and absurd. It just makes sense that if a local political party is permitted to nominate candidates for an office, that their party ID should be on the ballot beside the candidate’s name.
As I have referenced to in an earlier post, I believe a lot of misinformation exists on this legislation. It does not require partisan local elections, or override any town/city charters that prohibit partisan elections, or override town/city charters that prescribe alternate ways for candidates to run for office. It simply puts that party ID on the ballot for candidates nominated by a party.
In the legislation that was introduced this year, it might have not hurt for the General Assembly to precisely define in which and of what type of local elections party ID would be permitted locally.
Oh well. Maybe one day this legislation will pass. There always is next year.