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Gov. Bob McDonnell and Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling joined in a call to scrap the oath. The ACLU of Virginia called it constitutionally flawed and indicated the group was prepared to sue on behalf of affected voters if the requirement remains in place.
McDonnell argued that the oath is unenforceable and could work against the party's interests in a key election year.
"The effect of the oath could be one of diminishing participation in the primary, at a time when our party must be expanding its base and membership as we head into the pivotal 2012 general elections this fall," McDonnell said in a written statement.
The State Central Committee ? the governing body of the Virginia GOP ? voted in December to require voters to sign a loyalty oath to participate in the primary.
Anyone who wants to vote in the primary would have to sign a form at the polling place pledging to support the eventual Republican nominee for president. The pledge is unenforceable in the general election, but anyone who refuses to sign would be prohibited from voting in the primary.
The State Board of Elections voted Dec. 28 to approve three forms developed by the election board's staff to implement the loyalty pledge.
But some people have bristled at the requirement, and state party Chairman Pat Mullins recently asked the State Central Committee to meet Jan. 21 and rethink it.
Rebecca K. Glenberg, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, asked the State Central Committee in a letter dated Thursday to dump the oath.
"The pledge requirement places severe burdens on Republican voters," Glenberg writes. "Some voters who are bona fide Republicans may yet find it impossible to state, in advance, that they will agree to vote for a nominee other than the candidate they support."
If the party rescinds the oath, it would be for the second time in recent years.
In Virginia's 2000 GOP presidential primary, won by then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush, voters were required to sign a different pledge: "I, the undersigned, state that I do not intend to participate in the nomination process of any other party than the Republican Party."
GOP officials said at the time that national party rules required a loyalty oath in states, such as Virginia, that do not have party registration.
Because Virginians do not register to vote by party, any registered voter can cast a ballot in a presidential primary. If the Democratic and Republican parties hold primaries on the same day, a voter must choose one or the other.
Virginia did not hold a GOP presidential primary in 2004 because Bush was seeking re-election. In November 2007, the State Central Committee voted to rescind its demand for a loyalty pledge in Virginia's February 2008 Republican presidential primary, won by Arizona Sen. John McCain.
GOP officials considered it unnecessary because Democrats would be inclined to vote in the Democratic primary held the same day.
Virginia will not hold a Democratic primary in March because President Barack Obama is the party's only candidate who qualified.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Texas Rep. Ron Paul are the only two candidates who have qualified for Virginia's Republican primary. Texas Gov. Rick Perry has filed a federal suit in Richmond aimed at getting on the ballot, and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman have filed to join as plaintiffs.
Bolling, who plans to seek the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 2013, wrote in a letter to the State Central Committee that he's concerned that requiring the oath "may send the wrong message about our desire to grow our party and create an opportunity for more people to become involved in the party."
Republican U.S. Senate candidate and former Gov. George Allen said Thursday that he, too, was not in favor of any pledge.
"I've never been a fan of ? these oaths. I know they talked about it years ago, and I wasn't a fan of it then and I'm not a fan of it now," he said.
Instead, Allen supports allowing voluntary registration by party.
"Then you could have the party deciding ? whether you'd want to have it (open) just to registered Republicans or registered Republicans who are unaffiliated," he said.
Bolling and McDonnell also voiced support for voluntary party registration here.
"Such a reform to our electoral system would eliminate the need for any oaths or pledges," McDonnell said, "and greatly simplify the nomination process in the commonwealth."
Source: http://www2.newsadvance.com/news/2012/jan/06/tdmain01-va-gop-urged-to-drop-loyalty-oath-ar-1590753/
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