One of the state senators I voted for has committed to making my state have open primaries, which I think is pretty great because I wouldn't have to be a registered Democrat to vote in the primaries anymore.
this post was submitted on 21 Oct 2024
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It's worked really well for my state! (WA)
I applaud any electoral reform but the best solution is to just do away with primaries and have all interested candidates run in a single round using approval voting or some similar method.
Primaries exist as a method to slightly address shortcomings of our shitty FPTP system, if we improve the main voting system then primaries wouldn't be necessary.
The more complete solution is ranked-choice voting.
Agreed. The two-way runoff requires a new round of voting - since voters preferences for the top two were not adaquately recorded. But with RCA you'd basically be doing this without needing to actually host additional voting rounds - you just collect enough info in one round and then compare votes and preferences until you have your candidate.
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