Election change
California voters recently voted to replace their partisan primary elections with open primaries where voters can cast ballots for any candidate. The top two vote-getters would then face off in the general election.
The jury is out on whether this will lead to more moderate candidates being elected to office, thereby bridging the partisan divide that has led to gridlock, especially at the federal level.
As always seems to be the case these days, you can find experts on both sides to argue whether it will or will not make a difference.
But there’s one important aspect of this change that should not be overlooked.
Because of Proposition 14, independent voters, whose ranks are growing, will now have a say in open primary elections in California.
It would be great if our lawmakers would follow suit, but that’s not going to happen.
The two major parties like Pennsylvania just the way it is – a state where they have a monopoly on power.
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