Independent Voters Want Open Primaries, Support California Prop 14

Arizona Repubs want to close their primaries to keep independent voters out, and California Dems are pulling out all the stops to try to dissuade voters from supporting Prop 14, the "Top Two" open primary ballot referendum up in June that will allow independents full participation. At issue is whether the political parties or the people have the power.

ARIZONA REPUB PRIMARY ROUNDUP

• GOP purity: "We do not serve Independent voters" (Posted by AzBlueMeanie, Blog For Arizona)
• State GOP looking to close its primary to independents (Rhonda Bodfield Arizona Daily Star)

CALIFORNIA PROP 14

• Prop. 14 fight comes down to words - Measure's success could hinge on a court battle over language. (By George Skelton, LA Times/Capitol Journal)
• Ballot measure would provide open primaries (Wyatt Buchanan, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau)
• INDEPENDENTS OF AMERICA, UNITE! (by Keith Nelle, CAIVN)
• State lawmakers’ latest shame (by Pete Golis, Press Democrat)
• Ballot-language ploy tars Legislature (Dan Morain, Sac Bee)

What do independents think? Ask independentvoting.org, Californians for an Open Primary-Yes on Prop 14, or Jason Olson and Nancy Corradini of independentvoice.org

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