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Merlot

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3. Open primary is not the same as the California Jungle system

Reply to MaryMagdaline (Original post)

Tue Apr 30, 2019, 11:10 AM

Apr 2019

I could be wrong on this, but I believe in the primary California still has voting by party. The top two vote getters progress to the general ballot. Since California has a majority of democratic voters it can end up with two democrats on the ballot in the general.

I'm against open primaries because only the people in the party should pick their candidate and what you say is correct - an open primary can cause cross party voting for the weakest candidate.

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Open primaries and democracy [View all] MaryMagdaline Apr 2019 OP

Don't like them... Wounded Bear Apr 2019 #1

Thank you! MaryMagdaline Apr 2019 #5

I am against Open Primaries, and I am from California. However, it should be noted that still_one Apr 2019 #2

Thank you for this information! MaryMagdaline Apr 2019 #6

Open primary is not the same as the California Jungle system Merlot Apr 2019 #3

Thank you. This would make a great deal of difference to my signing the petition. I will review it MaryMagdaline Apr 2019 #4