10/14/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/14/2024 10:09
This November, voters in Nevada, Colorado, and Idaho will decide whether to adopt versions of the "Alaska model," a system that replaces party primaries with a single open-to-all primary and a general election using ranked-choice voting (RCV). Arizona and Montana are also considering similar reforms, though without deciding whether to use RCV or another method like runoffs.
For clarity, terms like "nonpartisan" or "universal primary" better describe this new model compared to the older "open primary" system.
Read the full piece: https://www.cato.org/blog/open-primaries-versus-nonpartisan-universal-primary
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Josh Grossman
Cato Institute
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Senior Fellow, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute