Voters in as many as half a dozen states will decide this year whether to open primary elections to independent and crossover voters in what supporters say is the broadest-ever assault on the traditional partisan primary process.
Ballot initiatives to open partisan primaries to all voters have qualified for November’s election in Nevada, South Dakota, Idaho and the District of Columbia. A Maricopa County judge ruled on Friday that Arizona’s version qualified for the ballot. Supporters of open primaries are waiting for final determinations in Colorado and Montana, too.
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