Fulcrum: Young voters want open primaries
Smerconish: Independent Voters Just Saved the Democratic Party: It’s Time to Return the Favor (Jeremy Gruber & John Opdycke)
Daily News: N.Y. Democrats’ future depends on independent voters (John Opdycke)
PRESS RELEASE: Independent Voters Just Stood Up For American Democracy; Nevada Moves One Step Closer To Including Them With Open Primaries
PRESS RELEASE: Independent Voters Just Stood Up For American Democracy and American Values
SMERCONISH: Primary Elections are Under Attack (John Opdcyke)
The Hill: We must radically change election administration to preserve American democracy
St. Louis Post Dispatch: Closed primaries could be coming to Missouri a lot quicker than you think
Divided We Fall: Can Open Primaries Serve the Many, Instead of Just the Few? (OP Senior VP Jeremy Gruber)
Our democracy is increasingly struggling to realize this noble aspiration captured in Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. There are several root causes, but one is uniquely American among world democracies. Our systems of elections are a partisan construct where incentives to seek advantage can often conflict with fundamental democratic principles.
The Fulcrum: Broad but invisible voter suppression is taking place in Tennessee (John Opdycke & Gabe Hart)
Modern voter suppression is typically understood as Jim Crow-adjacent laws designed to surgically limit the ability of people of color to cast a ballot in November: voter registration purges, restrictions on drop-off sites and early voting, voter ID laws, etc. Civil rights organizations have – properly – devoted huge time and resources to defeating these practices.