On March 31, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed HB 2020. Virginia allows all qualified parties to decide for themselves whether to nominate by primary or convention. But the bill says that if a party nominates by convention, it must make provision for persons who can’t attend a convention to participate. That includes overseas voters, persons who are ill, and persons who are temporarily away from the state. Here is the text.
Would this apply to Virginia-based delegates to National Conventions that nominate presidential candidates?
yes. However, both major parties in Virginia always use the government-administered presidential primary, so the issues in this bill don’t really arise for presidential nomination procedures.
Last I checked presidential candidates are formally selected at national conventions.
The presidential primary elects delegates.
Who pays the $$$ for each machination ???
All / some taxpayers / party members ???
What I’m asking here is getting lost over the internet.
If you’re a delegate selected by Virginia to go to a presidential nominating convention, would the national conventions per Virginia statute be required to make provisions for a Virginia delegate who can’t attend the national convention to participate?