2nd District: Canvass, Convention or Primary

Similar to the drama in the 5th district, where in a rare move 6 candidates issued a joint press release favoring a method of nomination that the 7th apparently doesn’t, the 2nd district has some drama of its own.

The 2nd district has chosen to have a canvass (firehouse primary with multiple locations) nomination, which was fine with everyone until the Canvass for the State Senate seat. Long lines, long waits, running out of ballots, campaigning in the voting area, insufficient parking, lack of voter privacy and confusion about which location one could vote at – that was the experience of the 5 locations chosen to handle voters in a Senate race that involved only half of Virginia Beach.

Second thoughts in the Second district are pretty vocally being aired after that experience. How many locations would be sufficient in the entire second district, which involves ALL of Virginia Beach, the Eastern Shore, and parts of Norfolk and Hampton?

Some are saying a full-on primary would be better run, better organized, and people would have all day, a Tuesday, to vote at their normal location.

Some say primaries are expensive for candidates, requiring massive television buys while Glenn Nye quietly raises money for himself on the sidelines. Plus, primaries are open. Anyone can flood the polls and choose the Republican nominee. A primary chose Creigh Deeds for the Democrats, and look how thrilled they were with that choice!

Some say a convention would chose the best nominee. It worked in nominating Congressman Rob Wittman, by all accounts a fine Republican Congressman. It forces the winner to earn a majority, where a primary or canvass in a large field can yield a winner with a vast majority of voters opposing him. But they can be messy affairs sometimes, especially if more delegates sign up than available voting slots allow.

I haven’t spoken to a single person this week that thinks a Congressional Canvass would be a darn fine operation.

So far, the Second District is mum about changing its decision. What do you think?

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