Be sure to write to your state delegate and senator, and to Bob McDonnell, expressing your dissappointment that YOU, the voter, are being disenfranchised by rules that gave you no say in who made the ballot.
Point out in your e-mails that the state, and the RPV, provided no method for you to make your opinion known, and that it is wrong to punish the voters and limit their choices because of the failure of the candidates.
Conclude by noting that this isn’t a game, that the rules are not devine proclamations, and that it is simply wrong to deny the voters of Virginia, and you specifically, the ability to vote for a clearly viable candidate of your choice.
I will be writing an op-ed on this next week. I’ve turned 180 on the subject myself, once I realized it wasn’t about what was “fair” to the candidates, but what was RIGHT for the voters. Elections aren’t a game that people “win” by exploiting the rules, they are serious matters, especially this election. A stupid rule poorly enforced should not stand in the way of picking the best President for our country — that is both foolish AND absurd.
very good advice, and I intend to take it. Thank you.