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Debate: Open primaries
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[Edit] Background and context In the United States of America, an open primary is an election in which voters do not need to be a member of a particular political party in order to vote for partisan candidates in the primary election. The earliest Open Primaries in the United States were held in Nebraska and Wisconsin. Open primaries are held for presidential elections in Uruguay] starting from the 1996 constitution. In the United States, there are two general categories -- partisan and non-partisan. In the Wisconsin (non-partisan) model, voters were permitted to vote for candidates of any political party, in any race, regardless of party affiliation. This version of the open primary was recently found Constitutional by the US Supreme Court. In the Nebraska (partisan) model, voters were restricted to one and only one party ballot. Current partisan versions of the open primary are held in Virginia and other states. See Wikipedia's article on open primaries for more background. |
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