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ARIZONA: There are
17 days until election day when Arizonans get to weigh in on
Proposition 140 which would create open primaries that would let ALL
Arizonans vote in 2026. Still want to know how it all would work? Read
this helpful rundown AZ Central put out this week and sign up
with Make Elections Fair AZ to help push Prop 140 over the finish
line!
COLORADO: Have
friends in Colorado? Share this 1-minute voting guide from Axios
on Proposition 131
(nonpartisan primaries + RCV) which highlights what this reform really
is about: letting every Coloradan vote and lessening the power of
special interest and partisan insiders.
FLORIDA: The
American Association of University Women (AAUW) has come out against Amendment 1 to make Florida’s School Board elections
partisan:
“If parties prepare and fund
candidates for school boards, there is an incentive to select people
who will further their partisan aims by promoting policies that
prepare future voters for that party’s candidates. Public education
cannot be subverted into promoting the policies, views of society — or
versions of history — of any party.”
IDAHO: At a recent
panel to discuss Prop 1 (Idaho’s Top 4 Open Primary + RCV initiative)
Veteran & Rep. Todd Achilles made the case for why it’s time Idaho ditch closed
primaries:
“There is a gap between what
Idahoans want and what the Idaho legislature does. Sixty percent of
Idahoans say we’re not on the right track. We need to put into place a
system that puts people before parties.”
MONTANA: Read this
great new letter to the
editor from Montana voter
Dave Hadden on why Montanans should embrace Prop 126 and pass open
primaries this year:
“Montana voters need to be able to select who
appears on the primary ballot. Not the political parties. It’s time
to take the political parties down a notch, and for Montana voters to
step up a notch.”
SOUTH DAKOTA: What’s not to like about Amendment H to open up South Dakota’s
primaries to ALL 160,000 voters currently shut out? Read why John Tsitrian, a businessman and writer from the Black Hills,
thinks South Dakota is ready to bring independent voters like himself
into the process.
WASHINGTON DC: The
D.C. Democratic Party has emerged as a chief opponent to Initiative 83
for open primaries–in a town run by the Democratic party this isn’t a surprise.
Read the Washington Post’s latest
piece on the campaign to
enfranchise over 70,000 DC voters.
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