RESEARCH
Election Administration in America--Partisan by Design
Jeremy Gruber, John Opdycke, Thom Reilly & Jacqueline Salit. A collaboration between the Open Primaries Education Fund & Arizona State University’s Center for an Independent and Sustainable Democracy
What it Took to Bring Open Primaries to Maine
Open Primaries Staff
Open Primaries Education Fund's Independents Report
John Opdycke (President, Open Primaries) & Jeremy Gruber (Senior VP, Open Primaries)
The Nebraska Report, The Myth of the Red State: Policy over Party in the Nebraska State Capitol
Jeremy Gruber (Senior VP, Open Primaries)
Taxpayer Funding-The Cost of Closed Primaries
Open Primaries Staff
The California Report, “A Quiet Revolution” The Early Success of California’s Top Two Nonpartisan Primary
Jason D. Olson, Founder of IndependentVoice.org and Omar H. Ali, PHD., Associate Professor at University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Unite America Institute: California's Top Two Primary--The Effects on Electoral Politics & Governance
Dr. Richard Barton/Unite America Institute
Electoral Innovation and the Alaska System: Partisanship and Populism are Associated with Support for Top 4/Ranked Choice Voting Rules
J. Andrew Sinclair, R. Michael Alvarez, Betsy Sinclair and Christian R. Grose
Primary Turnout: Trends and Lessons for Boosting Participation
Joshua Ferrar, Michael Thorning (Bipartisan Policy Center)
Rose Institute Q & A: California's Top Two Election System
J. Andrew Sinclair/Rose Institute of State and Local Government, Claremont Mckenna College
Top Two Process in California
California Chamber of Commerce
Evaluating California’s Top-two Primary & Political Reforms in California
Christian Grose PhD, Associate Professor of Political Science at USC
Reducing Legislative Polarization: Top Two & Open Primaries are Associated with More Moderate Legislators
Christian R. Grose, USC Schwarzenegger Institute
Reforming Baltimare's Mayoral Elections
Christopher Warshw, The Abell Foundation
Model Top Two Primary Act
Open Primaries Staff
Polarization and the Top-Two Primary: Moderating Candidate Rhetoric in One-Party Contests
Steven Sparks, Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
California Top Two Open Primary: A Successful Reform
Charles T. Munger (A USC Schwarzenegger Institute white paper)
Competition and the Top Two Open Primary in Washington State
Emily Schnurr, a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Political Science in American Politics Northern Arizona University (May 2019)
California Fact Sheet
Open Primaries Staff
Structuring Good Representation: Institutional Design and Elections in California
Sara Sadhwani & Jane Junn/USC
Reflections on the Impact of a Decade of Political Reforms in California
Kathy Armstrong/California Forward
Political Reforms in California are Associated with Less Ideologically Extreme State Legislators
-Christian R. Grose, Assoicate Professor/USC
Winning from the Center: Frank Bigelow and California’s Nonpartisan Primary
-Andrew Sinclair, California Journal of Politics and Policy
The California Report, “A Quiet Revolution” The Early Success of California’s Top Two Nonpartisan Primary
Jason D. Olson, Founder of IndependentVoice.org and Omar H. Ali, PHD., Associate Professor at University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
The Adoption of Electoral Reforms and Ideological Change in the CA State Legislature
-Christian Grose, Schwarzenegger Institute Report
The Independent Voter
Thom Reilly, Jacqueline Salit & Omar H. Ali
Independent State of Mind: The Rise of New York's Unaffiliated Voters
Sarah Goff, Common Cause New York
The Fluid Voter: Exploring Independent Voter Patterns Over Time
Thom Reilly & Dan Hunting
The Partisan Costs of Automatic Voter Registration
Ellen Seljan, Todd Lochner & Alex Webb (Electoral Studies)
Election Administration in America: Partisan by Design
Jeremy Gruber, John Opdycke, Thom Reilly & Jacqueline Salit
Social Networks of Independents and Partisans: Are Independents a Moderating Force?
Thom Reilly, E.C. Hedberg
Understanding Texas Latino Voters
Michael Powell, Ph. D., Cecilia Balli, Ph. D., Betsabeth Monica Lugo, Ph. D. (Texas Organizing Project Education Fund)
Open Primaries Education Fund's Independents Report
John Opdycke (President, Open Primaries) & Jeremy Gruber (Senior VP, Open Primaries)
Can Independent Voters Save American Democracy?
Jacqueline Salit & Thom Reilly
Let All Voters Vote: Independents and the Expansion of Voting Rights in the United States, Touro Law Review
Jeremy Gruber (Senior VP Open Primaries), Michael Hardy (Executive VP & General Counsel to the National Action Network) & Harry Kresky (Counsel to IndependentVoting.org)
Independent Voter Fact Sheet
Open Primaries Staff
Who is Arizona’s Independent Voter?
Florida’s Changing Electorate: More Racially/Ethnically and Age Diverse
By Susan A. MacManus, USF Distinguished University Professor Emerita (James Madison University)
The Demobilizing Effect of Primary Electoral Institutions on Voters of Color
Raquel Centeno, Christian R. Grose, Nancy Hernandez, Kayla Wolf (University of Southern California)
Real Talk: Understanding Texas Latino Voters Through Meaningful Conversations
Michael Powell, Ph. D., Cecilia Balli, Ph. D., Betsabeth Monica Lugo, Ph. D. (Texas Organizing Project Education Fund)
Open Primaries & Communities of Color Fact Sheet
Open Primaries Staff
Arizona Latino Survey: An Appetite for Reform
OP Senior VP Jeremy Gruber Declaration for the Idaho Supreme Court in support of Idahoans for Open Primaries Defense against ID Attorney General Raul Labrador
OP Senior VP Jeremy Gruber testifies before the PA House State Government Committee
In support of HB976 & HB979 to open PA’s primaries to Independent voters.
Open Primaries Submitted Amicus Letter to the Supreme Court of California
In support of the Independent Voter Project’s petition to hear a lawsuit challenging California’s semi-closed presidential primary.
OP Senior VP, Jeremy Gruber testifies before the Montana House State Administrative Committee
In opposition of SB566.
OP Senior VP, Jeremy Gruber testifies before the Nebraska Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
In support of LB 776, a bill to extend the usage of nonpartisan primary ballots for the Unicameral in Nebraska to all other state and federal elections.
OP Senior VP, Jeremy Gruber testifies before the New Mexico House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee
In support of HB54, New Mexico Open Primaries’ a bill to open primary elections in the state of New Mexico to registered independent voters.
OP Senior VP, Jeremy Gruber testifies before the Wyoming State Corporations Committee
OP weighs in on the debate happening on Wyoming’s primaries
OP Senior VP, Jeremy Gruber testifies before the Virginia House Privileges and Elections--Election Administration Subcommittee
In opposition of HB2278, a bill to close Virginia’s primaries
OP Senior VP, Jeremy Gruber testifies before the Maryland House of Delegates Ways and Means Committee
In support of HB26 Baltimore City-Ranked Choice Voting & Open Primaries
OP Senior VP, Jeremy Gruber testifies in PA State Government Committee Hearing on Election Law Legislation
In support of SB300 Pennsylvania Open Primaries
Young Voter Fact Sheet
Open Primaries Staff
Open Primaries Veterans Fact Sheet
Open Primaries Staff
Electoral Competition Fact Sheet
Open Primaries Staff
Nebraska Fact Sheet
Open Primaries Staff
California Fact Sheet
Open Primaries Staff
Independent Voter Fact Sheet
Open Primaries Staff
Open Primaries & Communities of Color Fact Sheet
Open Primaries Staff
Utah House Bill 197: Analysis and Purpose
Electoral Innovation Lab
Reforming Baltimore's Mayoral Elections: How we can increase electoral competition, raise participation & improve political representation
Christopher Warshaw, The Abell Foundation.
Primary Election Turnout and Reform (see pgs. 12-13)
Bipartisan Policy Center
ASU Symposium
-Open Primaries Education Fund, the Morrison Institute for Public Policy, the USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy and IndependentVoting.org, a national organizing center, hosted a daylong national forum and roundtable on the topic of open primaries
Oklahoma Voter Survey
Public Policy Polling
The Analysis of Crossover and Strategic Voting
R. Michael Alvarez (California Institute of Technology) & Jonathan Nagler (University of California, Riverside)
Report: Cities 101-Partisan and Nonpartisan Election–Over three-quarters of all municipalities have nonpartisan elections
National League of Cities