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The Top Two Panic Wasn’t Analysis. It Was Political Manipulation.

California voters did exactly what voters tend to do: they evaluated the candidates, coalesced around viable contenders, and produced a result broadly reflective of the state's electorate.

By Open Primaries

June 3, 2026

A group of California voters cast their ballots in the June 2 Top Two primary.

NEW POLL: 5 Years In, CA Voters Still Love Nonpartisan Primaries

Five years after adopting top-two, nonpartisan open primaries, California has seen its legislature transform from a state of dysfunction into a successful model for reform. Now, a new survey

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December 14, 2017

DNC Commission Blasted for Not Backing Open Primaries

New York – Today Open Primaries, a non-partisan electoral reform organization, condemned the Democratic Party’s Unity Reform Commission (URC) for its inaction on opening primary elections nationwide. The URC

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December 11, 2017

Florida Voters Rejoice! Resolution Introduced to End Closed Primaries

Miami, FL – November 9, 2017 – A broad and diverse coalition, led by Florida-based reform groups Progress for All and Florida Fair and Open Primaries hailed Constitutional Revision Commission (CRC)

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November 9, 2017

5 Early Successes of California's Nonpartisan Open Primary

Americans everywhere are fed up with the state of politics. At the federal level, political paralysis and polarization prevent Congress from solving pressing issues every day. At the state level,

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October 26, 2017

One Congressman Pushes Bill To Eliminate Party Primaries

Washington is a mess. Our politics doesn’t work. Politicians are pointing at the voters as the problem -- that somehow we’ve become less civil, more polarized and less able

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October 24, 2017

Colorado Open Primaries a Triumph of People Over Parties

At long last, Colorado became the most recent state to open its primaries to independent and unaffiliated voters. This is a huge milestone, made even more momentous by the party

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October 11, 2017

New York Continues Its Uncompetitive and Undemocratic Primary

On September 12, New York held its primary elections, and once again, a quarter of the state’s voting population -- the 3.2 million independent and unaffiliated voters who refuse

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September 27, 2017

WATCH: New Jersey Voters Are Fed Up with Closed Primaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94TTJxOQ_ts As a born and bred Jersey girl, it’s only natural that I’m stubborn about my politics. My friends and I

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July 19, 2017

Closed Primaries Hurt America's Largest Generation the Most

You know you’ve made it when you become the subject of a Twitter war. Over the weekend, DNC establishment figures took to the Twittersphere to duke it out with

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June 19, 2017

5 Reasons Why We Must Put an End to Closed Primaries

26.3 million independent voters, including almost half of all millennial voters, were barred from voting in presidential primaries in 2016. Millions more registered Democrats and Republicans were prevented from

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May 26, 2017

Florida Voters Tend to Agree: Taxpayer-Funded Primaries Should Serve ALL Voters

Miami, FL – March 28, 2017 – Today Open Primaries, a national leader on election reform, Progress for All, a grassroots political and community action group, and Florida Fair and Open Primaries,

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March 29, 2017