[Coop]

I've voted in dem. primaries before. I've never signed any form of any kind.

If you did that in 2000, your election officials may have messed up. I'm pretty sure it's a statewide rule, not a county one. And in 2000 it was the first time this rule was in effect. (I heard the whining from Dems wanting to vote for McCain, but also wanting to vote for Gore later on.) As I said, this year it could be the GOP will not have a primary at all in VA (though I'm not sure), so there was no need to sign the form. Angelwood, thoughts?

[iceskater]

Not 2000. So, I don't think that was a problem - AFAIK.
You may be right in that there is no primary for the Rep. side. If there had been, I would have only voted in one. Although it does provide some interesting scenarios to contemplate as to which primary would be more advantageous to our side to vote in.

But, we've digressed from the point a bit. I think it's unrealistic for the Dems or anyone else to draw any vast conclusions from a primary where 10% or less of the eligible voters actually voted. The was the first binding primary in Virginia in a looooong time. You would've thought the dems would have gotten out the vote better.