Open Primaries

This article is about the organization. For other uses, see Primary elections in the United States § Closed primary.

Open Primaries is an American 501(c)(4) and 501(c)(3) advocacy organization. Its headquarters are in New York City.

The group advocates for open primaries in the United States with a focus on the nonpartisan blanket primary.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] The group supported a successful ballot initiative in Colorado that created an open primary system in 2016.[8] The group also engages in litigation against closed primary systems on behalf of unaffiliated voters.

The group also publishes research on the benefits of public, nonpartisan primaries, as well as the harmful effects of closed primaries. During the 2016 presidential primary, the group declared that closed presidential primaries cost taxpayers roughly $287.8 million to administer, and that 26.3 million voters were locked out of the primary due to their unaffiliated or independent voter status.[9][10][11]

Staff

  • John Opdycke, President[12]
  • Jeremy Gruber, Senior Vice President[12]
  • Jesse Shayne, Digital Director
  • Jason Olson, Director of National Outreach
  • Dariel Cruz Rodriguez, Co-Director of Students for Open Primaries

References

  1. ^ Berman, Russell (8 March 2016). "What's the Answer to Political Polarization in the U.S.?". The Atlantic.
  2. ^ Sago, Renata (28 February 2016). "Sick Of Political Parties, Unaffiliated Voters Are Changing Politics". NPR.
  3. ^ Berman, Russell (19 October 2015). "What If the Parties Didn't Run Primaries?". The Atlantic.
  4. ^ "Push For Open Primaries In New Mexico". KRWG (NPR). 12 February 2016.
  5. ^ Vock, Daniel (18 August 2016). "In South Dakota, Voters Get Rare Chance to Transform Politics". Governing Magazine.
  6. ^ Peterson, Kristina (28 March 2016). "Effort in South Dakota Aims to Drop Parties". The Wall Street Journal.
  7. ^ Gruber, Jeremy (19 September 2016). "Rasoul and Gruber column: Look to Nebraska: People over partisanship". Richmond Times-Dispatch.
  8. ^ Opdycke, John (20 September 2016). "Colorado Primary Reform: The Fix Is In". Newsweek.
  9. ^ Harding, Robert (24 June 2016). "Report: Millions of NY voters blocked from voting in presidential primaries, but still fund elections". The Auburn Citizen.
  10. ^ Sasko, Claire (30 June 2016). "Report: Pennsylvania Primaries Fifth Most-Expensive in the Nation". Philadelphia Magazine.
  11. ^ Sherrets, Dane (21 April 2016). "HOW A STATE CAN PREVENT 3.2 MILLION REGISTERED VOTERS FROM VOTING". The Centrist Project. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  12. ^ a b "Staff". Open Primaries. Retrieved 2019-10-25.

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