<div><p>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 reveals that the people of California are noticing.</p><p>Last month,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ppic.o

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<div><p>New York – Today <a href="https://www.openprimaries.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open Primaries</a>, a non-partisan electoral reform organization, condemned the Democratic Party’s Unity Reform Commission (URC) for its inaction on opening primary elections nationwide.</p><p>The URC was est

DNC Commission Blasted for Not Backing Open Primaries

<div><p><strong>Miami, FL – November 9, 2017</strong> – A broad and diverse coalition, led by Florida-based reform groups&nbsp;<a href="https://progressforall.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Progress for All</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.floridafairandopenprimaries.org/" rel="noopener norefe

Florida Voters Rejoice! Resolution Introduced to End Closed Primaries

<div><p>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.&nbsp; At the state level, it can be just as frustrating.</p><p>Yet, while polarization and paralysis impede the prog

5 Early Successes of California's Nonpartisan Open Primary

<div><p>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 to come together across partisan divisions.</p><p>But we know that’s not the case.</p><p>Millions of Americans are now 

One Congressman Pushes Bill To Eliminate Party Primaries

<div><p>At long last, Colorado became the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.openprimaries.org/colorado_republicans_vote_to_keep_2018_primaries_open_to_unaffiliated_voters" rel="noopener noreferrer">most recent state to open its primaries to independent and unaffiliated voters</a>. This is a huge milestone, m

Colorado Open Primaries a Triumph of People Over Parties

<div><p>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 to join a party -- were barred from participating.</p><p>Unsurprisingly, multiple seats went uncontested, with no

New York Continues Its Uncompetitive and Undemocratic Primary

<div><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94TTJxOQ_ts</p><p>As a born and bred Jersey girl, it’s only natural that I’m stubborn about my politics. My friends and I all have ideas about candidates, issues, and <a href="/tag/new-jersey" rel="noopener noreferrer">New Jersey</a> government.</p><p>However,

WATCH: New Jersey Voters Are Fed Up with Closed Primaries

<div><p>You know you’ve made it when you become the subject of a Twitter war.</p><p>Over the weekend, DNC establishment figures took to the Twittersphere to duke it out with progressive activists over the Party’s use of closed primaries. The <a href="http://www.openprimaries.org/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww

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