When we allow Republicans into local Democratic committee leadership, we end up with Republicans on the most effective voter outreach tool that we have. The local Virginia Beach Democratic Chair has unilaterally included Republicans on the VBDC Ballot guide that is handed out at every polling location in the city. (Low information voters rely on these to make voting decisions.)
Maybe we should have seen this coming based on a previous article posted right here on Dailykos back in March of 2018, calling into question the Chairwoman’s past political activities.
www.dailykos.com/…
Vice Mayor Louis Jones is currently listed as an “Elected Leader” on the Republican Party of Virginia Beach
How did these guys get on the ballot guide? Maybe it’s as simple as pay-to-play. A local Democratic fundraiser was held in which these Republicans, and their immediate family were allowed to become “Sponsors” with $1000 + donations. Two days after this fundraiser these two republican candidates, were included on the ballot guide pictured above, despite their public support for the Local Republican nominee for Congress.
You can’t make this stuff up. Within the VBDC this is being contested. The members of the VBDC are in the process of putting a stop to this right now.
The Democratic Party of Virginia has a rule regarding this situation.
Full Disclosure, I am writing this as a concerned Democrat, and a member of the VBDC. I write under my own name. My involvement with this has been minimal up to this point.