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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fairfax Democrats posted on their website re: the endorsement process: https://www.fairfaxdemocrats.org/2023endorsement/[/quote]

This is a change from 2019 and I don’t want anyone to forget it. In 2019 they did not have the qualified voter caveat and Omeish got a ton of people who couldn’t vote in the regular election to vote for her in the FCDC sample ballot process. They did change their rules as a result but that doesn’t change the fact that largely based on their endorsement she won. [/quote]

Since 2019, FCDC has kicked out lifelong Dems, and did not allow anyone to join who was critical of the school board. They are in an echo chamber and further radicalizing. The ones left to sign a petition to endorse candidates are fringe left. Their only hope is to paint opposition as a extreme right wing. [/quote]

What lifelong dems have been kicked out of fcdc? Im a longtime member and question this assertion. There was the woman in the springfield district who wasnt allowed to join, the one who kept going on fox news talking about how the dem led schoolboard was awful and was leading the recall petition effort. Why would she be allowed to join?[/quote]

DP. I wasn’t expelled from the FCDC but I quit because I was tired of getting spammed with messages to show up at School Board meetings to demonstrate my support for Board members. I support the position of Democrats on issues like gun control, women’s health, and tax policy, but I also think the current School Board - which in theory is supposed to be non-partisan -  has been negligent and in some instances deeply hypocritical. But if I were to voice those opinions publicly, they’d likely bar me from rejoining the FCDC.  So now, after decades of being a Democrat, I just think of myself as an Independent and am less likely to lend my time and support to Democratic causes. I’d say it’s their loss, not mine, except that I would like to have a voice when they tap the next set of School Board candidates, and I probably won’t. [/quote]

I am also now independent as a result of the school closures, after having identified as a D from 1999-2021. I may continue to vote in D primaries in VA for the same reason but I really want nothing to do with FCDC anymore.

I support gun control and I’m pro choice and I think it’s their loss. Lol. [/quote]

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