Primary Election rules
Voters who had not declared a party affiliation (formerly decline-to-state voters) were barred completely from participating in these party-specific elections. Decline-to-state ballots therefore omitted most state and federal contests and showed instead…
Boston primary Election
JEFF CHIU/AP/FILE Pete Stark (right), who had one of the safest House seats in California for 40 years, was ousted by fellow Democrat Eric Swalwell (left) in 2012 after the state abolished traditional primaries for a nonpartisan preliminary election…
Arizona primary Election rules
There is good news today for all of you Arizonans who scratch your heads and wonder how our beloved state became kook central. Good news for you, who support public education. And you over there, who think the Legislature should spend less time making…
NYC primaries
Photo: David Brabyn/? 2008, David Brabyn Primary day is upon us, and New York City Democrats and Republicans — the former outnumbering the latter six to one — will be casting ballots in competitive races for mayor, comptroller, public advocate, Brooklyn…
Primary Elections are
Lyle Denniston looks at how the battle to win congressional primary elections today may run counter to advice given by James Madison more than 200 year ago. The statements at issue: “I guess to be able to run for the Senate as a Republican in most places…
Closed primary Elections
The committee met Saturday to consider passage of the proposed closed primary resolution, but the measure failed. Twenty-nine members of the Republican Executive Committee voted in favor of the resolution, while 37 committee members voted against it…
Mass primary Election 2014
Rep. John Tierney becomes the fourth House incumbent to lose a primary this cycle. Democratic Rep. John Tierney was ousted by primary challenger Seth Moulton in Massachusetts’ 6 th District on Tuesday, shaking up what’s expected to be a competitive general…
Open and closed primary
State Sen. Chris McDaniel claims the integrity of the election was compromised by voters who voted for U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran but who intend to vote for Democratic candidate Travis Childers in November. He says closed primaries would prevent such crossover…
Who Votes in primary elections?
Voter turnout in statewide primaries so far this year has been historically low, even among states with procedures designing to make voting more convenient. Overall, voter turnout among the 25 states that have held primaries is down 18 percent from the…
Semi closed primary
The one in charge of elections, Sec. of State Tom Schedler, as do many observers, note the decline in registrations for Democrats and growth among Republicans and even more in the catchall Other classification, which includes all registrants of the minor…
Closed and Open primaries
No American should be required to join a political party to exercise their right to vote. Open Primaries is a movement of diverse Americans who believe in a simple, yet radical idea: no American should be required to join a political party to exercise…
Democratic primaries
THE field of Republican presidential contenders may be limited to a narrow range of conservative fellows in mid- to late-middle age, but at least there are a lot of them. The Democratic field is, for all practical purposes, Hillary Clinton. Ahead by an…
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