Ok, here is another question. If you become a precint chair in your precinct, are you bound to vote in the general election for the Republican even if they turn out to be a super liberal? I guess I’m thinking of a case like this Doug Hoffman case in NY, where he might actually have a chance of winning, would being a precint chair cause you to have to commit to voting for someone like Dede Scozzfava if someone like that ends up getting nominated to be the Republican candidate? I don’t think that would happen where I live but am interested in how that works.
“Ok, here is another question. If you become a precint chair in your precinct, are you bound to vote in the general election for the Republican even if they turn out to be a super liberal?”
No party affiliation compels one to vote party line. Period. What you vote is your secret ballot.
What I understand is Hoffman was in the running for the GOP nod for the special election. But Scozzfava had a political name branding and some supporters, shady as they may be. So she got the party nomination. Apparently there were not enough conservative precinct chairs to override the nomination process..
But Hoffman felt he had enough support on ideology to overcome not being name branded party so he went independent and filed as a Conservative Party Candidate. The so called “Rockefeller” Republicans only wanted a name with the (R) stamp for the appearance that would deceive some, unfortunately uninformed voters to pull the Republican lever.
I would only commit to voting for who matches best my ideology as a conservative. If someone don’t make the grade, it is my free choice to look (and vote) for someone else. The day of holding my nose to vote, so a political hack “chosen” by people who otherwise have no interest in me or my opinions is over. Done.