Why Am I Not Voting in the Upcoming Primary for Virginia

     I guess it's time for a rant.  Well, maybe NOT a rant.  More of an reason for a position I am taking.  Regardless, here it goes.
     Virginia will be holding its statewide primaries this coming Tuesday (2018 June 12).  I do not plan to vote in the primaries.  Why would I give up my right to vote.  Well, I'll explain.
     First, these are party primaries.  For Senate, the Democratic candidate (Tim Kaine, D-Va) is running unopposed.  There are three candidates running in the Republican primary, and a Libertarian is on the ballot.  For the House of Representatives, we have one Democrat and one Republican in each party's primaries.  That's the whole election.  No ballot measures, no local elections.  That's it.
     So why am I not voting?  Because I am a registered Independent and as far as I know it is not my place to vote in a party primary election.  Virginia is weird.  It isn't an open primary state like California or Louisiana where everyone is thrown on the ballot and the top two or three are selected to go to the general election regardless of party.  If you're a registered Republican you vote in the Republican primary.  If you're a Democrat, you vote in the Democratic primary.  If you're an Independent, you have to choose one or the other.  I guess you would also be allowed to choose to vote Libertarian as well.
     But where is the sense in that?  There's a reason the primary is a "party primary" which is for the party constituency to vote for the party's nominee for the general election.  Throwing in people outside the party ranks would negatively skew the results.
     Worse, what if the polling places can't verify a voter's party affiliation?  Then you have could have one party voting in the other party's primary, which could be a real mess.  The party could then have an "outlier" being the party's nominee in the general election.  That someone could completely be completely unacceptable but the party would be forced to endorse and support the wild card's candidacy.
     So as an Independent it would be wrong of me to vote in a party primary election.  My party (if there were such a thing) does not have a candidate running so I have no one for whom to vote.  But I really don't have a whole lot of really good choices anyway AND as soon as it is done we'll be inundated with negative attack ads until 2018 November 6.  I've already been hit by the campaign robocalls for the Republican primary this week.