Supreme Court Upholds Washington’s ‘Open’ Primary
The Supreme court voted 7 to 2 to allow Washington to go forward with its new electoral structure, under which the top two vote-getters in the open primary advance to the general election, regardless of party. That means two Democrats or two Republicans could end up facing each other in November in a gubernatorial or congressional contest, with the other party left on the outside looking in.
Both the state Democratic party and the state GOP strongly opposed the new system, arguing that it deprived them of the right to pick their own nominees as they see fit.
It seems to me that this novel approach increases the chances that a moderate not locked into party allegiance can move forward in elections. The only requirement is to be persuasive.
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