The Public Ballot: A Republican alternative to real election reform.
The public ballot proposal is not election reform – it’s exactly the opposite. The public ballot proposal perpetuates and safeguards the major party primaries as private political party functions. In spite of claims to the contrary, there is no attempt to eliminate voter or candidate exclusion. It’s a sham.
Is it true? Can Independents vote in presidential primaries?—Nope!
When you see an article falsely claiming that Independents can vote in a closed primary – post a comment or reply. It only takes a few minutes and costs nothing.
The “Hybrid Primary” – no voter should ever receive a blank primary ballot.
Unlike a “simple” Top-Four primary, the hybrid primary uses a two-stage vote tally to incorporate the closed major-party “nominating” elections.
Posted by Paul Wells on March 16, 2019
Exclusion:Too many voters can’t participate in the presidential primary.
A closed primary is a private election, limited to affiliated party members, who must declare their party affiliation in order to participate. All unaffiliated voters are excluded. All unaffiliated candidates are excluded.
Posted by Paul Wells on March 2, 2019