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Hi John --

BIG NEWS: We just passed open primaries through the New Mexico legislature! Over 330,000 independents are only a Governor's signature away from voting.

We are on the verge of a huge win not only for the voters of New Mexico but for the national movement of Americans standing up to the status quo and demanding fair and equal voting rights for all voters. But this didn’t happen overnight. 

We put in the work and it paid off. 

Ten years ago, when national funders and organizations said “you can’t pass primary reform through a state legislature,” we started building in state legislatures across the country. We helped draft bills, educate lawmakers, develop local leadership and organize voters. We passed open primaries through the first legislature in 2022 in Maine. Now it’s New Mexico. Tomorrow, perhaps Pennsylvania.

Our strategy is both simple and difficult. We build. We engage in multi-year collaborative campaigns with local leaders, elected officials, civic groups, party leaders, editorial boards, journalists, and citizens to champion the right of all voters to participate in primaries. We’ve partnered on every successful primary reform campaign over the last fifteen years.

Our strategy <[link removed]> consists of two overarching truths: invest in people, not policies AND No one size fits all-every state is different. 

We believe the most important question to ask of every potential campaign is –what do the voters themselves want? Because of our approach, millions of voters have won the right to a meaningful vote.   

This year we’ve got budding campaigns in Oklahoma, New York, Pennsylvania and beyond. We’re building national organizing, education and litigation strategies which all need resources and attention. In order for us to meet this moment–we need your help in a major way. 

That’s why we’re asking you for two things: 

Make a gift to our annual fundraising campaign. <[link removed]> We need to raise $750,000 by 4/18 to go directly towards our advocacy work helping develop, grow and push forward these state campaigns:

<[link removed]>DONATE <[link removed]>Make a monthly tax-deductible gift to the Open Primaries Education Fund. <[link removed]>We are raising $250,000 for our educational and litigation work. TAX DEDUCTIBLE. 

<[link removed]>DONATE <[link removed]>We know this is a big ask. But the work we’ve been doing is paying off, our strategy works and we need to match the moment we’re in and go for broke.

Please consider making a double donation today and join us in taking this next giant leap forward. 

The country is ready. Let’s do this.

The Open Primaries Team

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