Early in December 2015, the Virginia Republican Party decided that voters who ask for a Republican presidential primary ballot in March 1, 2016, must sign below a statement that says, “My signature below indicates I am a Republican.” See this story. Virginia does not have registration by party.
Some years ago the party considered asking voters in its primaries to sign below a statement that the voter intends to vote Republican in the upcoming general election, but that idea was dropped.
To me the thought of loyalty oaths for political parties in the 21st century is so stupid.
If voters are required to sign this Republican oath will they automatically be required to embrace ignorance, lose all rational thought and express all responses in anger no matter how trivial the question?
Clay why do you think that is stupid? What does the century have to with the issue?