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New news on the Non-partisan primary is coming from PolitickerCA.com. Ben van der Meer reports that former Democratic Senator Steve Peace is pushing for the open primary initiative to be on th 2010 ballot:
That's the estimation of former state Sen. Steve Peace (D-San Diego), who is pushing for an open primary system through a ballot measure voters could decide on in 2010.
The measure was filed with the state in September, then withdrawn in October after receiving public comments. Peace said that he and other members of the California Independent Voter Project will study the comments and make small changes to the measure before submitting it again.
Peace said the concept is based on an open primary used in Washington known as the "top-two" system, where voters could cast ballots for members of any party in a primary election.
Under the top-two system, the two candidates who receive the most votes in the primary, regardless of party, then advance to the general election. Peace noted that many cities already use such a system in mayoral elections, for example.
"I don't think it changes the outcome, but it changes behavior," Peace said. In primaries now, he said, party nominees are largely chosen by a small, ideologically rigid group of voters because Democrats and Republicans largely don't allow registered voters from other parties to vote in their primary...
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The Oregon Committee for an Independent Voice supports Oregon's Non-Partisan Primary Initiative:
"Oregon’s independents span the political spectrum from conservative to liberal but—more importantly—many refuse these labels. We don’t like parties—major or minor, which are more concerned with maintaining power and party establishments than representing people. While independents don't like parties, they want to participate in the process and vote for whom they believe is the best candidate.
The current primary election system in Oregon is a closed system. Only voters registered as Democrat or Republican can vote in the primaries, which excludes politically independent Oregonians, 20 percent of registered voters. These are Oregonians who believe that partisan battles have increasingly characterized both national and Oregon politics and have reduced the ability of the Oregon Legislature and Congress to effectively address the issues we face..."
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For those of you who have been following the non-partisan primary initiative submitted by Steve Peace on September 29th, you may have heard that it was recently withdrawn from submission. However, we have received word today that the initiative is merely being revised, rather than revoked.
According to former Democratic Senator and current Co-Chairman of CAIVP Steve Peace, he was flooded with comments, suggestions, and constructive criticism after submitting the initiative. As promised by Peace when the initiative was initially submitted, he is amending the initiative to reflect public comment. A final version is scheduled for resubmission in the next few weeks.
Stay in tune at CAIVP, as we will give you detailed up-to-date information on the status of this initiative, along with non-partisan information and analysis of other critical issues facing California's voters.
For more information on the Non-Partisan Primary Initiative, check out this section of the website. Please leave comments to let us know what you think of the initiative.
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Ballot Measure 65 co-petitioners Phil Keisling and Norma Paulus today attacked a new mailer by the Oregon Education Assocation, saying it's an attack ad falsely linking notorious petition king and convicted racketeer Bill Sizemore with their ballot measure. The mailer (see exterior shot above and interior below) includes Measure 65—the "Open Primary" measure that aims to lump all primary candidates together and send the top two to the general-election ballot—in a list of measures on the Nov. 4 ballot associated with "Bad Penny Bill"...
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Oregon's election system gets an A for convenience, an A for trustworthiness and an F for fair access to partisan races. Oregon voters can raise that last grade by approving Measure 65, a long-brewing election reform.
This statewide initiative is no magic bullet, but it's one way for Oregonians to assert their voting rights, demand true representation and loosen the parties' grip on primary elections.
Many states hold some form of open primary, allowing independent voters to participate in partisan races and help choose the candidates who ultimately will represent them.
PORTLAND — As two former Oregon Democratic secretaries of state, Barbara Roberts and Phil Keisling don’t disagree on much. But a ballot measure that would upend the state’s current primary system and replace it with one open to any voter has the two at odds.
Read More...Turnout for the election failed to measure up to Secretary of State Sam Reed’s advance billing, but the 500-voter poll by Elway Research, Inc., showed 76 percent liked the “top-two” runoff primary and only 19 percent disliked it. Reed’s aides said the post-primary poll is costing taxpayers $15,000.
Here is a link to Elway’s evaluation of the results and another link to his data.
Read More...Here you can find information regarding Oregon's "Measure 65", a non-partisan ballot initiative to create Open Primaries in Orgeon. This is a measure similar to the non-partisan primary initiative submitted by CAIVP's chairman to the State of California.
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