A Strong Step Toward Protecting Alabama’s Republican Primaries
“This is a commonsense reform whose time has come”—Guest Opinion by Perry O. Hooper, Jr.
Guest Opinion by Perry O. Hooper, Jr.
The Alabama House Committee on Ethics and Campaign Finance has taken an important step forward by giving the Party Registration Bill a favorable report, and they deserve the thanks of Republicans across this state. I want to especially thank Chairman Matt Simpson and the members of the committee for their leadership and willingness to move this legislation forward. For years, grassroots Republicans have called for a system that ensures the Republican Party chooses its own nominees without interference from those who do not share the party’s principles. The committee’s action shows that those concerns are finally being heard.
The Alabama Republican Executive Committee has already spoken clearly on this issue by passing a resolution urging the Legislature to enact Party Registration legislation. That resolution reflected what many Republican voters believe: our party’s primary elections should be decided by Republicans. This legislation is about protecting the integrity of the nomination process and strengthening confidence in our elections.
Now the next step is for the House Rules Committee to place the bill on the Special Order Calendar, and hopefully at the very top, so the full House can consider it without delay. I am confident that when the bill reaches the House floor, Republican legislators will stand together and vote in favor of protecting the integrity of their own party’s primary elections.
This is a commonsense reform whose time has come. Alabama Republicans asked for it, the Party has formally endorsed it, and the Legislature now has the opportunity to finish the job.
Perry O. Hooper Jr. is a longtime Alabama Republican figure, former Alabama Legislator and Montgomery businessman. He served as Co-Chair of “Alabama Trump Victory” in 2016, and served as an at-large delegate to the Republican National Convention. He is a noted civic leader in Montgomery with deep family roots in Alabama’s legal and political history.
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