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Universal primaries would be great. Everybody votes for every party.
That way, each parties candidate would be the most liked by everyone.
I get the "I don't want that party picking MY candidate" but, if you belong to a party, you're probably just going to vote for that party no matter who wins the Primary.
Lowers my chances of getting the next Bernie, but I'll accept that if it lowers the chances of the next Trump.
My gripe was always the administration of closed primaries. If the parties want closed primaries they can damn well buy their own machines and pay their own poll workers. If it's paid for with public money, then the public should be able to vote.
Everybody votes for every party.
No. Everyone gets to choose one ballot to submit. The lawsuit argues that many of PA's districts are decided in the primaries because there is no chance for the opposition party to win in the general election.
I think we'd be better served establishing Ranked Choice Voting for the general election.
many of PA's districts are decided in the primaries because there is no chance for the opposition party to win in the general election.
This is exactly why it should be open.
By allowing everyone to vote in all primaries, 100% of the votes influence the end result.
In the current scenario, the minority party can only vote between who will get to lose the general.
Oh, and I totally agree with ranked choice, but I'll take any progress I can get.