nope, primaries are for the parties to select their candidate for the General ElectionProposed state question would change Oklahoma election system
Oklahoma United has filed an initiative petition to put a state question to end Oklahoma's closed primary system to a statewide vote in November 2026.tulsaworld.com
It's about time. They can have my signature yesterday.
Then you will vote against it. And we will see how it works out. Most states have open primaries BTW. Only 12 backwards ones don't!
I assume you’re talking about primaries which allow Dems, Pubs and Independents to vote in either the Dem or Pub primary?
Not in this case. The petition is for a single primary ballot much as done in Tulsa except that party affiliation will be shown on ballot.
That type of primary is currently being done in only three states…Cali, Oregon and Alaska (hybrid). I know Arizona and Nevada had similar ballot measures two weeks ago. Both were defeated. Please correct me if I’m wrong here. I’m not really sure how I feel about this initiative.
All but 12 states have some form of open primary. That was my point.
By far the most common type of open primary is one where Pubs, Dems and Ind can vote in either the Dem or Pub. Which gives everyone the opportunity to vote in the primary of their choice. I took exception to your post because you made it sound like this type of primary was common when it fact it’s only being used in two states (three if you include the hybrid in Alaska). The movement does seem to have a bit of momentum but as I said the proposal was just defeated in Arizona and Nevada.
I think you should have to choose which primary you want to vote on, not be able to choose the candidate you want in BOTH primaries. That way, if you are far right wing you have to decide if it is more important to vote for your preferred candidate in the Republican primary or more important to vote on the one you don't want in office, or would take as a second choice from the Democratic side.(or vice versa) You shouldn't be able to vote on both. You can do this by changing parties before the primary, and changing parties again, before the general election. It just eliminates having to change parties at the election board twice.
It is the most common and I would support that too. But prefer the system being proposed.
It''s kind of like NIL and free transfers, it makes the whole thing go kind of Helter Skelter. Throws a kink into fundraising, debates, candidates offered to run, etc. People have been pushed in this direction already, when they did some semblance of this legally by changing parties for the primaries in 2020. That's what happens when you let someone reformulate the party iike Trump has.
Except they voted in the most extreme candidate in the primary, and he won the election. I'm sure feel Kamala is extreme, but looking at the nominations for cabinet, I argue that is proof that Trump wins out on extreme. That's why it is good that you have to choose whether to vote for extreme in the opposite party, or your pick for preferred candidate in your party.
