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WATCH: Young voters turned out big in 2020. What motivates them, and what do they think about how our system works? A Conversation w/ the Forward Party, Students for Open Primaries and Open Primaries.
NPR: Nevadans vote to open the primaries to ALL Nevadans! Voters need to approve the measure once more in 2024 but they’re one step closer to letting all voters vote!
NewsNation: Watch OP President John Opdycke talk with Chris Cuomo about the origin of primaries and what we’re up against working to let all voters vote.
Tulsa World: Margaret Kobos & Ross Swimmer call on Oklahomans to take action and REPEAL closed primaries.
Reno Gazette Journal: Nevada’s Gambling on Democracy
WATCH: How Independents Can Save American Democracy (w/ Jackie Salit, Thom Reilly & John Opdycke)
Arkansas Online: Arkansas voters will decide whether it will take 60% of voters to pass proposed constitutional amendments
PBS: OP Senior VP Jeremy Gruber is featured in this piece on why we need to start paying attention to the partisanization of our election administration & the threat this holds for our Democracy
PBS: OP Senior VP Jeremy Gruber is featured in this piece on why we need to start paying attention to the partisanization of our election administration & the threat this holds for our Democracy
Washingt0n Post: Side effect of divisive politics? Unaffiliated voter numbers rise.
Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Pennsylvania invented the direct primary. Now it’s time to fix them.
AZ PBS: OP Senior VP Jeremy Gruber & ASU’s Thom Reilly on why nonpartisan election administration might not be the norm and how the parties have prioritized their power at the exclusion of everyone else.
Have you registered for our next virtual discussion yet? Tuesday. November 1st. 2pm ET.
The Hill: The constitution is not the problem with America today.
The Wall Street Journal: Alaska’s old primary system would have disqualified 74% of AK voters from participating. Their new nonpartisan system gives EVERY Alaskan a voice:
Tuscon.com: Are we doing primaries all wrong?
Forbes: A Majority of Americans Think Democracy is in Trouble
MERCURY NEWS: The Threat to Democracy No One is Talking About
ATTN: Register for our next Virtual Discussion: Declaration of Independents: Veterans Sound Off on Repealing Closed Primaries—Friday 10/21 at 2PM EST–RSVP HERE!
New York Sun: The New Voter Suppression–Locking Independents Out of Primaries
THE INTELLEGENCER: State Senator Collett: Protecting our right to vote and expanding it for independents
THE NEVADA INDEPENDENT: Open primaries are needed now that the two-party system has failed
AZ Central: Don’t like your choices in November? Then let’s fix Arizona’s broken election process
OKLAHOMANS: Sign up to volunteer with Oklahoma United at the Tulsa State Fair! Help register people to vote & sign the UNMUTE OK petition. 9/29-10/9
AZ Capitol Times: Independent voters are the ones deciding general elections yet they’re underrepresented in our primaries with candidates catering to the partisan base. Nonpartisan primaries would eliminate the “campaign pivot”
Nevada 2022: Betting Big on Reform–WATCH THE FULL DISCUSSION:
ABQ Journal: Read Bob Perls’ latest piece: Elections should have us all on same team – the voting team
Oregon Capital Chronicle: Unaffiliated voters & candidates deserve a fair & equal playing field. All Oregon Votes is working to get a constitutional amendment on the Oregon ballot in 2024 to finally address this
Citrus Chronicle: Lawmakers Need to Address Flaws of Florida’s Closed Primaries:
NPR: Full rundown of ballot measures this year to reform HOW we run our elections including Nevada’s initiative to open primaries and implement ranked choice voting
OK United for Progress continues their work engaging with real Oklahomans across the state–if you haven’t checked out their work, we encourage you to do so today
WFMZ.com: BallotPA is advocating on behalf of the nearly 50% of veterans shut out of primary elections in PA
OK United for Progress: Jane’s ancestors came on the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma & she’s farmed their original Creek allotment land since the 1800s. Her and David’s endorsement for Oklahoma United for Progress’ work is a return to old-fashioned values of working together to solve real problems
AZ Capitol Times: Partisan primaries lead to a greater manipulation and party-gaming at the expense of the voter. Open, nonpartisan primaries allow candidates to avoid the “political campaign pivot.”
Houston Public Radio: Former Sen. KayBailey Hutchison in Texas thinks it’s time to re-evaluate our primaries and adopt a more open, nonpartisan process interested in rewarding the will of our voters rather than partisan interests
NY Daily News: Imagine a truly democratic system that actually includes all voters
CBS News: Pennsylvania has 2 bills currently introduced to the House to open the state’s primaries to ALL voters and allow 1.3 PA voters into the process for the first time:
CT News Junkie: Lesson from Levy’s Win: Open Up the Primaries
WATCH: Our full conversation w/ Jonathan Haidt “How New Tech & Old Politics Are Holding Us Back”
NEW REPORT: Highly partisan US election system should become nonpartisan to preserve democracy
NEW POLL: Nevada voters support an open primary and RCV initiative by a 15 point margin
The Fulcrum: Young Voters are More Independent
Gothamist: an unexpected 2nd primary in NY means there’s a loophole which will allow ALL voters to participate in primaries. As OP President John Opdycke points out this is an opportunity for politicians to actually campaign to the 1.6M voters that are usually ignored:
CNN: John Avlon think it’s time for America to admit we have a primary problem.
NWAOnline: The Arkansas GOP wants to close primaries so they can legally lock out voters and better ensure the candidates they want to win (aka career politicians) can do so with as little input from voters as possible
NY Daily News: Why NYC needs Final Five voting
Orlando Sentinel: Florida’s closed primary silences 3.6 million no-party-affiliation voters
