Stories Related to It Is Time For Open Primaries In Maine

I haven’t always supported open primaries, but times have changed. Over the past decade, when campaigning for election to the Maine Senate, I came across an increasing number of voters who felt that their voices were not being heard. Today, nearly four in 10 Maine voters have unenrolled from the political parties or were never enrolled to begin with.

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  • COLUMN: POINT-COUNTERPOINT: Open primaries not popular with voters
    Efforts to reform multiple aspects of state elections across the country were up for voters to decide during the 2024 election.
    12/9/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
  • ‘Absurd’ NJ pols schedule primaries during holy Jewish holiday, angry religious groups demand change: ‘This is a no-brainer’
    The overlap of these dates means that, without intervention, a significant portion of our community will be disenfranchised,” more than 60 rabbis and other Jewish faith leaders wrote an ...
    12/8/2024 - 5:18 am | View Link
  • Why Voters Rejected Election Reform
    In state after state, voters rejected proposals to fix two of the most hated problems in politics. This was supposed to be the year that political reform took off. A nearly $100 million campaign gave ...
    12/8/2024 - 2:34 am | View Link
  • Opinion: To be truly open, more reform of Maine primaries is needed
    The state has already taken important steps forward in making everyone's vote meaningful. Making its primaries nonpartisan is a logical next step.
    12/7/2024 - 8:00 pm | View Link
  • Getting more N.Y.ers to vote: Enhance democracy with even-year elections and open primaries
    Too few New York City voters are participating in our elections and we have to boost those numbers; from president to mayor, too many are sitting it out, especially for local contests. The lower ...
    12/6/2024 - 7:04 pm | View Link
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