This below resolution was passed at the Beaufort county convention, and will now go to the resolutions committee. If the resolutions committee passes it, the resolution will be up for a vote at the state convention. However, before the resolutions committee votes, they want to know your opinion. Please use the comments section below to give us your opinion, and please use your real name. Thank you!

Whereas: Beaufort County Republican Party Precinct St. Helena 1-C holding the precinct reorganization meeting on March 1, 2011, and

Whereas: The State of South Carolina does not have registration by party and there is no way of knowing a voter’s party affiliation when he or she votes in a primary election held for the Republican Party. and

Be it Resolved: That the South Carolina Republican Party should give serious consideration to selecting it’s candidates at convention as opposed to an open primary election.