Paying for a Closed Primary

Most states uses tax payers money to pay for their state primaries. In a closed primary, only registered party members can vote in their party. So we have a problem, some of the tax payers paid for something they can not take part in.

If you have followed this blog, you know I want open primaries as a state's candidate selection process.

So how could we change how a state pays for a closed primary. Well how about making the party reimburse some of the cost of running their primary. They could pay the cost of printing the ballots, the cost of opening the public building for the day, the poll worker's salary, and the cost to program and run the voting system.

What do you think is the better way of paying for a closed primary?









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Michael H. Drucker
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