Virginia GOP struggles with nomination process two months before convention Follow Us
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By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times - Thursday, March 11, 2021
The Republican Party of Virginia is still struggling to finalize its nomination process, less than two months before its convention is to take place.
Members of the party’s State Central Committee will meet Friday evening to consider alternative plans, as officials consider how delegates could vote at multiple locations throughout the state.
The latest wrinkle comes after the SCC voted in late February to hold a drive-by convention at Liberty University. But the university issued a statement noting that it hadn’t agreed to any firm contract. It also noted that “using any main campus parking lots would not be an option.”
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“While the Democratic side chose a long time ago, a primary process and the candidates know the path that they need, the Republican side has no path right now. It changes from day to day, depending on who has a little more influence on the State Central Committee of the Republican Party than the other,” said David Ramadan, an adjunct professor at George Mason University’s Schar School and a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates.
Mr. Ramadan said neither side has enough votes to secure the necessary two-thirds supermajority to amend the rules and allow for an “unassembled convention,” where votes for each round could be cast on a drive-by basis.