"Under a Top-Two election system, the primary election would be open to all eligible voters, regardless of party affiliation, so that every registered voter could participate in the first consequential election that most often decides who is elected to office. The candidates who finished in the top two spots would then move onto the general election in which all eligible voters would again vote."
From their analysis of nonpartisan special elections in New York City, they found median nonpartisan special election turnout was 10.60 percent, 116 percent higher than the median partisan special election turnout of 4.91 percent.
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Michael H. Drucker
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