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Election Administration in America--Partisan by Design (2022)

Jeremy Gruber, John Opdycke, Thom Reilly & Jacqueline Salit. A collaboration between the Open Primaries Education Fund & Arizona State University’s Center for an Independent and Sustainable Democracy

What it Took to Bring Open Primaries to Maine (2021)

Open Primaries Staff

Open Primaries Education Fund's 2020 Independents Report

John Opdycke (President, Open Primaries) & Jeremy Gruber (Senior VP, Open Primaries)

The Nebraska Report, The Myth of the Red State: Policy over Party in the Nebraska State Capitol (2016)

Jeremy Gruber (Senior VP, Open Primaries)

Taxpayer Funding-The Cost of Closed Primaries (2016)

Open Primaries Staff

The California Report, “A Quiet Revolution” The Early Success of California’s Top Two Nonpartisan Primary (2015)

Jason D. Olson, Founder of IndependentVoice.org and Omar H. Ali, PHD., Associate Professor at University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Unite America Institute: California's Top Two Primary--The Effects on Electoral Politics & Governance(2023)

Dr. Richard Barton/Unite America Institute

Primary Turnout: Trends and Lessons for Boosting Participation (2022)

Joshua Ferrar, Michael Thorning (Bipartisan Policy Center)

Rose Institute Q & A: California's Top Two Election System (2022)

J. Andrew Sinclair/Rose Institute of State and Local Government, Claremont Mckenna College

Top Two Process in California (2020)

California Chamber of Commerce

Evaluating California’s Top-two Primary & Political Reforms in California (2020)

Christian Grose PhD, Associate Professor of Political Science at USC

Reducing Legislative Polarization: Top Two & Open Primaries are Associated with More Moderate Legislators (2020)

Christian R. Grose, USC Schwarzenegger Institute

Reforming Baltimare's Mayoral Elections (2020)

Christopher Warshw, The Abell Foundation

Model Top Two Primary Act (2020)

Open Primaries Staff

Polarization and the Top-Two Primary: Moderating Candidate Rhetoric in One-Party Contests (2019)

Steven Sparks, Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

California Top Two Open Primary: A Successful Reform (2019)

Charles T. Munger (A USC Schwarzenegger Institute white paper)

Competition and the Top Two Open Primary in Washington State (2019)

Emily Schnurr, a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Political Science in American Politics Northern Arizona University (May 2019)

California Fact Sheet (2019)

Open Primaries Staff

Structuring Good Representation: Institutional Design and Elections in California (2018)

Sara Sadhwani & Jane Junn/USC

Reflections on the Impact of a Decade of Political Reforms in California (2018)

Kathy Armstrong/California Forward

Political Reforms in California are Associated with Less Ideologically Extreme State Legislators (2016)

-Christian R. Grose, Assoicate Professor/USC

Winning from the Center: Frank Bigelow and California’s Nonpartisan Primary (2015)

-Andrew Sinclair, California Journal of Politics and Policy

The California Report, “A Quiet Revolution” The Early Success of California’s Top Two Nonpartisan Primary (2015)

Jason D. Olson, Founder of IndependentVoice.org and Omar H. Ali, PHD., Associate Professor at University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

The Adoption of Electoral Reforms and Ideological Change in the CA State Legislature (2014)

-Christian Grose, Schwarzenegger Institute Report

The Independent Voter(2023)

Thom Reilly, Jacqueline Salit & Omar H. Ali

Independent State of Mind: The Rise of New York's Unaffiliated Voters (2023)

Sarah Goff, Common Cause New York

The Fluid Voter: Exploring Independent Voter Patterns Over Time(2023)

Thom Reilly & Dan Hunting

The Partisan Costs of Automatic Voter Registration (2023)

Ellen Seljan, Todd Lochner & Alex Webb (Electoral Studies)

Election Administration in America: Partisan by Design (2022)

Jeremy Gruber, John Opdycke, Thom Reilly & Jacqueline Salit

Social Networks of Independents and Partisans: Are Independents a Moderating Force? (2022)

Thom Reilly, E.C. Hedberg

Understanding Texas Latino Voters(2022)

Michael Powell, Ph. D., Cecilia Balli, Ph. D., Betsabeth Monica Lugo, Ph. D. (Texas Organizing Project Education Fund)

Open Primaries Education Fund's 2020 Independents Report

John Opdycke (President, Open Primaries) & Jeremy Gruber (Senior VP, Open Primaries)

Can Independent Voters Save American Democracy? (2020)

Jacqueline Salit & Thom Reilly

Let All Voters Vote: Independents and the Expansion of Voting Rights in the United States, Touro Law Review (2019)

Jeremy Gruber (Senior VP Open Primaries), Michael Hardy (Executive VP & General Counsel to the National Action Network) & Harry Kresky (Counsel to IndependentVoting.org)

Independent Voter Fact Sheet (2019)

Open Primaries Staff

Who is Arizona’s Independent Voter? (2015)

By Arizona State University/Morrison Institute for Public Policy.

Flor⁠i⁠da’s Chang⁠i⁠ng Elec⁠t⁠ora⁠t⁠e: More Rac⁠i⁠ally/E⁠t⁠hn⁠i⁠cally and Age D⁠i⁠verse (2023)

By Susan A. MacManus, USF Distinguished University Professor Emerita (James Madison University)

The Demobilizing Effect of Primary Electoral Institutions on Voters of Color (2021)

Raquel Centeno, Christian R. Grose, Nancy Hernandez, Kayla Wolf (University of Southern California)

Real Talk: Understanding Texas Latino Voters Through Meaningful Conversations (2021)

Michael Powell, Ph. D., Cecilia Balli, Ph. D., Betsabeth Monica Lugo, Ph. D. (Texas Organizing Project Education Fund)

Open Primaries & Communities of Color Fact Sheet (2019)

Open Primaries Staff

Arizona Latino Survey: An Appetite for Reform (2015)

By Bendixen & Amandi International

OP Senior VP Jeremy Gruber testifies before the PA House State Government Committee (2023)

In support of HB976 & HB979 to open PA’s primaries to Independent voters.

Open Primaries Submitted Amicus Letter to the Supreme Court of California (2023)

In support of the Independent Voter Project’s petition to hear a lawsuit challenging California’s semi-closed presidential primary.

OP Senior VP, Jeremy Gruber testifies before the Montana House State Administrative Committee (2023)

In opposition of SB566.

OP Senior VP, Jeremy Gruber testifies before the Nebraska Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee (2023)

In support of LB 776, a bill to extend the usage of nonpartisan primary ballots for the Unicameral in Nebraska to all other state and federal elections.

OP Senior VP, Jeremy Gruber testifies before the New Mexico House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee (2023)

In support of HB54, New Mexico Open Primaries’ a bill to open primary elections in the state of New Mexico to registered independent voters.

OP Senior VP, Jeremy Gruber testifies before the Wyoming State Corporations Committee (2022)

OP weighs in on the debate happening on Wyoming’s primaries

OP Senior VP, Jeremy Gruber testifies before the Virginia House Privileges and Elections--Election Administration Subcommittee (2021)

In opposition of HB2278, a bill to close Virginia’s primaries

OP Senior VP, Jeremy Gruber testifies before the Maryland House of Delegates Ways and Means Committee (2019)

In support of HB26 Baltimore City-Ranked Choice Voting & Open Primaries

OP Senior VP, Jeremy Gruber testifies in PA State Government Committee Hearing on Election Law Legislation (2019)

In support of SB300 Pennsylvania Open Primaries

Open Primaries Veterans Fact Sheet (2019)

Open Primaries Staff

Electoral Competition Fact Sheet (2019)

Open Primaries Staff

Nebraska Fact Sheet (2019)

Open Primaries Staff

California Fact Sheet (2019)

Open Primaries Staff

Independent Voter Fact Sheet (2019)

Open Primaries Staff

Open Primaries & Communities of Color Fact Sheet (2019)

Open Primaries Staff

Reforming Baltimore's Mayoral Elections: How we can increase electoral competition, raise participation & improve political representation (2020)

Christopher Warshaw, The Abell Foundation.

Primary Election Turnout and Reform (2018) see pgs. 12-13

Bipartisan Policy Center

ASU Symposium (2017)

-Open Primaries Education Fund, the Morrison Institute for Public Policy, the USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy and IndependentVoting.org, a national organizing center, hosted a daylong national forum and roundtable on the topic of open primaries

Oklahoma Voter Survey (2015)

Public Policy Polling

The Analysis of Crossover and Strategic Voting (2010)

R. Michael Alvarez (California Institute of Technology) & Jonathan Nagler (University of California, Riverside)

Report: Cities 101-Partisan and Nonpartisan Election–Over three-quarters of all municipalities have nonpartisan elections (2003)

National League of Cities

RESEARCH

Election Administration in America--Partisan by Design (2022)

What it Took to Bring Open Primaries to Maine (2021)

Open Primaries Education Fund's 2020 Independents Report

The Nebraska Report, The Myth of the Red State: Policy over Party in the Nebraska State Capitol (2016)

Taxpayer Funding-The Cost of Closed Primaries (2016)

The California Report, “A Quiet Revolution” The Early Success of California’s Top Two Nonpartisan Primary (2015)

Unite America Institute: California's Top Two Primary--The Effects on Electoral Politics & Governance(2023)

Primary Turnout: Trends and Lessons for Boosting Participation (2022)

Rose Institute Q & A: California's Top Two Election System (2022)

Top Two Process in California (2020)

Evaluating California’s Top-two Primary & Political Reforms in California (2020)

Reducing Legislative Polarization: Top Two & Open Primaries are Associated with More Moderate Legislators (2020)

Reforming Baltimare's Mayoral Elections (2020)

Model Top Two Primary Act (2020)

Polarization and the Top-Two Primary: Moderating Candidate Rhetoric in One-Party Contests (2019)

California Top Two Open Primary: A Successful Reform (2019)

Competition and the Top Two Open Primary in Washington State (2019)

California Fact Sheet (2019)

Structuring Good Representation: Institutional Design and Elections in California (2018)

Reflections on the Impact of a Decade of Political Reforms in California (2018)

Political Reforms in California are Associated with Less Ideologically Extreme State Legislators (2016)

Winning from the Center: Frank Bigelow and California’s Nonpartisan Primary (2015)

The California Report, “A Quiet Revolution” The Early Success of California’s Top Two Nonpartisan Primary (2015)

The Adoption of Electoral Reforms and Ideological Change in the CA State Legislature (2014)

The Independent Voter(2023)

Independent State of Mind: The Rise of New York's Unaffiliated Voters (2023)

The Fluid Voter: Exploring Independent Voter Patterns Over Time(2023)

The Partisan Costs of Automatic Voter Registration (2023)

Election Administration in America: Partisan by Design (2022)

Social Networks of Independents and Partisans: Are Independents a Moderating Force? (2022)

Understanding Texas Latino Voters(2022)

Open Primaries Education Fund's 2020 Independents Report

Can Independent Voters Save American Democracy? (2020)

Let All Voters Vote: Independents and the Expansion of Voting Rights in the United States, Touro Law Review (2019)

Independent Voter Fact Sheet (2019)

Who is Arizona’s Independent Voter? (2015)

Flor⁠i⁠da’s Chang⁠i⁠ng Elec⁠t⁠ora⁠t⁠e: More Rac⁠i⁠ally/E⁠t⁠hn⁠i⁠cally and Age D⁠i⁠verse (2023)

The Demobilizing Effect of Primary Electoral Institutions on Voters of Color (2021)

Real Talk: Understanding Texas Latino Voters Through Meaningful Conversations (2021)

Open Primaries & Communities of Color Fact Sheet (2019)

Arizona Latino Survey: An Appetite for Reform (2015)

OP Senior VP Jeremy Gruber testifies before the PA House State Government Committee (2023)

Open Primaries Submitted Amicus Letter to the Supreme Court of California (2023)

OP Senior VP, Jeremy Gruber testifies before the Montana House State Administrative Committee (2023)

OP Senior VP, Jeremy Gruber testifies before the Nebraska Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee (2023)

OP Senior VP, Jeremy Gruber testifies before the New Mexico House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee (2023)

OP Senior VP, Jeremy Gruber testifies before the Wyoming State Corporations Committee (2022)

OP Senior VP, Jeremy Gruber testifies before the Virginia House Privileges and Elections--Election Administration Subcommittee (2021)

OP Senior VP, Jeremy Gruber testifies before the Maryland House of Delegates Ways and Means Committee (2019)

OP Senior VP, Jeremy Gruber testifies in PA State Government Committee Hearing on Election Law Legislation (2019)

Open Primaries Veterans Fact Sheet (2019)

Electoral Competition Fact Sheet (2019)

Nebraska Fact Sheet (2019)

California Fact Sheet (2019)

Independent Voter Fact Sheet (2019)

Open Primaries & Communities of Color Fact Sheet (2019)

Reforming Baltimore's Mayoral Elections: How we can increase electoral competition, raise participation & improve political representation (2020)

Primary Election Turnout and Reform (2018) see pgs. 12-13

ASU Symposium (2017)

Oklahoma Voter Survey (2015)

The Analysis of Crossover and Strategic Voting (2010)

Report: Cities 101-Partisan and Nonpartisan Election–Over three-quarters of all municipalities have nonpartisan elections (2003)

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