The South Carolina Republican Party’s legal efforts to close its primary elections to those outside its ranks has met resistance both from the state attorney general of its own party and an unlikely coalition of independents who say they want voting influence in the state’s dominant political organization.
A group of independents and state Legislative Black Caucus members — each being represented by former Democratic state legislator Fletcher Smith of Greenville and New York attorney Harry Kresky — is awaiting an answer from the judge on whether it can have a stake in the lawsuit. The groups listed in the motion to intervene are three self-described South Carolina independent voters, the South Carolina Independence Party, South Carolina Constitution Party, Progressive Network Education Fund, Columbia tea party, IndependentVoting.org and 13 members of the Black Caucus, including Greenville Rep. Karl Allen.
If the party wants to close their primary, let the party pay for their primary.
In South Carolina, any registered voter is allowed to participate in any primary without revealing political affiliation — though the voter must choose only one primary on that day.
For me this says it all. The concept of being forced to only pick candidates from one party is the Structural Political Reform we are fighting for. With over a third of registered voters not registered with the two major parties, we want to select candidates not parties.
Use the above link to read the entire article by Eric Connor, Staff Writer of the Greenville News.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote!
Michael H. Drucker
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