In a significant boost for Amendment V, AARP and the League of Women Voters yesterday endorsed the open non-partisan primary proposal on the 2016 ballot. Amy Scott Stoltz of LWV and Erik Gaikowski of AARP appeared at a press conference yesterday with Amendment V chair Rick Knobe to announce their support for Amendment V:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qciuVKw52JU
When the League of Women Voters says a measure is good for voters (“V for Voter”—good one, Rick!), it’s kind of hard to argue.
Neither LWV or AARP will be giving the V campaign cash, but Gaikowski says they will be informing their membership of the endorsement.
@cory:
FYI, an open primary is an election in which voters are not required to declare party affiliation.
A non-partisan primary (top two/jungle primary) is an election where candidates can’t declare a party affiliation.
The terms are exclusive.
Go pick another nit. V offers a primary in which every voter may participate without declaring party affiliation and every candidate appears on the ballot without party affiliation listed. How does telling voters V offers an “open nonpartisan primary” create any misconception? Is there a better, equally concise phrase that describes the proposal?
By the way, there is no state with a nonpartisan primary in which candidates “can’t declare a party affiliation.” School board and city council candidates can tell people they are Republicans or Libertarians or whatever. It’s just not written on the ballot.