Political Parties
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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There is one issue that brings the Democratic and Republican parties together like no other: their shared commitment to maintaining closed primaries.
In three open primaries states - Idaho, South Carolina and Wyoming - Republicans have filed suit and/or introduced legislation to eliminate open primaries and require voters to join a party.
After Californians passed Proposition 14 in June, party leaders sued to overturn it. Democrat Party leaders in both New York City and Kentucky derided open primaries as unAmerican - the leader of the Kentucky Senate, Democrat Julian Carroll, actually told Independent Kentucky founder Michael Lewis to give up his quest for open primaries or "move to another country."
Tom Metzger
Warsaw, via e-mail[[In-content Ad]]
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There is one issue that brings the Democratic and Republican parties together like no other: their shared commitment to maintaining closed primaries.
In three open primaries states - Idaho, South Carolina and Wyoming - Republicans have filed suit and/or introduced legislation to eliminate open primaries and require voters to join a party.
After Californians passed Proposition 14 in June, party leaders sued to overturn it. Democrat Party leaders in both New York City and Kentucky derided open primaries as unAmerican - the leader of the Kentucky Senate, Democrat Julian Carroll, actually told Independent Kentucky founder Michael Lewis to give up his quest for open primaries or "move to another country."
Tom Metzger
Warsaw, via e-mail[[In-content Ad]]
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