Open primary backers to sue AG
Supporters of an initiative to create nonpartisan open primaries and establish ranked-choice voting announced Monday they intend to sue Attorney General Raúl Labrador over his ballot titles for the initiative.
Open Primary vs. Closed Primary: Exploring Different Primary Election Systems
Open primaries allow voters to choose any party's primary, while closed primaries restrict participation to registered party members. Open primaries have higher turnout but face concerns of strategic voting, while closed primaries preserve party ideology.
New coalition seeks to end Idaho’s closed primary elections - InvestigateWest
Idahoans for Open Primaries will attempt to qualify a ballot initiative for the November 2024...
Ranked choice voting, open primaries? New ballot initiative would bring both to Idaho
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho voters could soon decide whether to have open primary elections and whether to choose candidates in order of preference, through a burgeoning method called ranked choice
Volunteers hopeful new amendment will bring open primaries to Oregon
Oregon is one of nine states in the U.S. with completely closed primaries. A proposed measure would open primaries to 1 million non-affiliated voters.
Supporters for open primaries already campaigning for 2024 election – Oregon Capital Chronicle
The 2024 campaign has begun for a constitutional amendment that would change the state’s primary election of 2026.
Can CA’s top-two primary handle the race for Feinstein’s Senate seat? Don’t
Ranked choice voting would liberate voters to select their favorite candidates without fear of spoilers and split votes causing the wrong candidate to win
Nevada and ranked-choice voting could kill the partisan primary - Vox
It’s on the ballot in Nevada, and it may be coming soon to a state near you.
Editorial: Betsy Johnson is not a spoiler
While nonaffiliated candidate Betsy Johnson appears to be third in polling, her candidacy reflects a breakthrough in a state where the two major political parties have near total control over who appears on the November ballot, the editorial board writes. While Democrats are casting her as a spoiler candidate, they – and Republicans – should recognize that it's long past time to open up their primaries and give 41% of Oregon voters a greater say in who their top candidates are.
Incredible Voter Participation in Alaska’s First Open Primary | News | anch
Letters to the editor: Cutting down mature trees; Mayor Russell's resignati
A Lesson in California’s Top-Two Primary System - The New York Times
Here’s why supporters of the state’s Democratic attorney general want a pro-Trump candidate to succeed in the primary.
Opening Up for the Nonaffiliated – Eugene Weekly
By Julia Shumway Oregon voters who aren’t registered with any political party reached a significant milestone in March: They now outnumber Democrats. Nonaffiliated voters have long been the second…