California Dems (including the school employees union) are toying with the ballot language on Proposition 14, the “Top Two” open primary referendum that will be on the ballot for a vote in June. Prop 14 has broad support among California voters, especially independents (“decline to state”) who are allowed to vote in primaries at the whim of the party clubhouses. At issue is whether the political parties or the people have the power.
CALIFORNIA PROP 14
And, Arizona Repubs want to close their primaries to keep independent voters out:
What do independents think? Suggested reading:
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Provocateur/ pundit/ organizer Nancy Hanks is a long-time activist in the independent political movement who’s done it all: petitioning to put independent candidates on the ballot from New York to Texas and points east, west, north and south; fundraising for the independent think tank, the Committee for a Unified Independent Party (CUIP), and its online counterpart, IndependentVoting.org; running as an independent for New York City Council from Queens, New York City’s most diverse borough; serving as the current Treasurer of the Queens County Committee of the Independence Party of New York (of the IP NYC Organizations); conducting research for the Neo-Independent, a magazine that addresses the concerns of independent voters.