Category: Primary Elections

South Dakota Democracy Advocates Submit Ballot Measure Signatures for a ‘Top 2’ Single Ballot Open Primary System.  If Approved, All Voters Get a Voice in the Primary

May 7th, South Dakota democracy advocates submitted the necessary signatures to put a constitutional amendment establishing a ‘top two’ open primary system on the ballot.  The ballot question would allow the 150,000 independent voters whose tax dollars underwrite the primary to actually vote in it.

Georgia has a $75 Million Runoff Election Problem. Ranked Choice Voting Would Solve It, But Instead, the Georgia Senate Just Voted to Ban RCV.

Georgia is the only state which conducts runoffs for both general AND primary elections when no candidate receives a 50% majority.  But runoff elections are time consuming, have low turnout, and cost millions of dollars to run.   Ranked choice voting - also known as “instant runoff”-- could solve it, BUT the Georgia Senate just voted to ban it.

On the Eve of the New Hampshire Presidential Primary, Some States Contemplate Closing their Primaries to Independents, While Others Consider Opening Them in 2024

A Gallup poll released this month found 43% of Americans identify as unaffiliated, independent voters. But in some states, they can’t vote in primaries. As voting begins Jan. 23rd in the New Hampshire Presidential Primary, what states are considering closing – or opening – primaries in 2024?