Open Primaries Buzz 7-5-2024

Arizona and Idaho Open Primary Campaigns, turned in their Signatures and both toke the Final Step closer to the November ballot.

Arizona: "Make Elections Fair AZ" submitted nearly 600,000 Signatures to the AZ Secretary-of-State, more than 200,000 Signatures over the required amount.

34% of AZ Voters are Unaffiliated, this would Open-Up the system, to the Second Largest Bloc of Voters in the State.

Sarah Smallhouse, a Co-Chair of Make Elections Fair AZ, added that this Change has the opportunity to “attract a completely different group of people into public policy.”

Idaho: "Idahoans for Open Primaries" submitted more than 97,000 Signatures from all 44 Idaho Counties to the Secretary-of-State’s Office for Verification.

More than 200 Volunteers with the Coalition, delivered the Signatures and Rallied on the Statehouse steps, in support of Upening-Up Idaho’s Elections to All Voters.

Campaign Spokesperson Luke Mayville: "This is a system that blocks 270,000 independent voters from participating in the most important elections. We're finally giving voters a chance to change that."

According to Gallup’s latest Poll, 51% of Americans now consider themselvesPpolitically Independent, more than Republicans and Democrats Combined.

Independents still aren’t getting the respect they deserve from the Parties, Pundits, Elected Leaders, and Political system, as a whole.

Open Primaries President John Opdycke offers His take on the recent Presidential Debate: “Independents didn't hand Biden the presidency to coronate him four years later. That’s not how independents think and it isn’t how they vote."

NEW YORK: Low Voter turnout in New York’s Primaries, an average of only 15%, increases the calls to Open NY’s Primaries to ALL Voters. New York shuts out 3 Million Voters a year in fully Closed Primaries, One of a 12 States across the Country, to do so every Election year.

NEVADA: The number of Nonpartisan Voters continues to rise in the Silver State, with Non-Partisans now outnumbering both Democrats and Republicans.

Ballot Question 3, to Open Nevada’s Primaries to All Voters, was passed in 2022, but in order to go into Effect, must pass again this year. Open Primaries Spokesperson and College of Southern Nevada Professor Sondra Cosgrove, weighed in on the Increase in Nonpartisan Voters:

"A lot of those nonpartisan voters are my college students, and they're upset right now. They're very interested in issues, they're very devoted to certain issues right now and they're very upset with both political parties because they don't think the parties are speaking to them and that they're ignoring their issues.”

OHIO: Republican State Leaders are going after Ohio’s Open Primary system, in an effort to Shu-Out Voters and Control Elections. In a recent column, Former Congressman and Medina County Republican Party Chairman Jim Renacci stated: “No one other than Republicans or Democrats should pick who represents their team.”

PENNSYLVANIA: Rep. Jared Solomon (D - 202nd District) was interviewed in the latest “Voices of Reason” Podcast Episode, about His Bill to Open Primaries and the Role Independent Voters have in Elections Statewide.

SOUTH DAKOTA: A GOP Activist, backed by SD Republican Leaders, has Failed at getting Amendment H, the Top Two Open Primaries Initiative Removed from the South Dakota 2024 ballot.

South Dakotans will still get their Chance to let All Voters Vote this November, 2024.









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